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The  Comey-Comee  Family  in  America 


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COMEY-COMEE    FAMILY 


IN  AMERICA. 


With  Notes  on  the  Maltman  Family. 


BY 


ALLEN  H.  BENT. 


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THE 

COMEY-COMEE    FAMILY 

IN  AMERICA. 

Descendants  of  David  Comey  of  Concord,  Mass.,  killed  in 
King  Philip's  War,  1676, 

With  Notes  on  the  Maltman  Family. 


BY 
ALLEN  H.  BENT 

OF   BOSTON, 

Member  of  the  New-England  Historic  Genealogical  Society. 


BOSTON : 

DAVID  CLAPP  &  SON,  PRINTERS. 

1896. 


[The  first  five  generations  are  reprinted  from  the  New-England  Hist,  and  Gen.  Register  fc 

April,  1896.] 


THE  FIRST  COMEE. 


O  Caledonia !  stern  and  wild, 

Land  of  brown  heath  and  shaggy  wood, 

Land  of  the  mountain  and  the  flood. 

Land  of  my  sires !  what  mortal  hand 

Can  e'er  untie  the  filial  band 

That  knits  me  to  thy  rujgged  stand ! 

—Str  tValter  Scott. 

When  the  genealogy  of  the  Comee-Comey  Family  in  America  was 
published  m  1896,  nothing  had  been  clearly  ascertained  of  the  trans- 
Atlantic  antecedents  of  the  progenitor  of  the  family,  David  Corny,  who 
was  living  in  Woburn,  Mass.,  in  1663,  but  moved  a  year  or  two  later 
to  Concord,  Mass.  This  deficiency  is  in  a  measure  supplied  by  what 
follows.  "^ 

In  Drake's  "  Founders  of  New  England,"  in  a  list  of  272  passengers 
aboard  the  "John  and  Sarah"  of  London,  John  Greene,  Master, 
bound  for  New  England,  dated  Search  Office,  Gravesend,  Nov.  8,  1651, 
18  the  name  of  David  MacJchome.  At  first  appearance  the  name  of 
Mackhome  does  not  seem  to  have  the  slightest  resemblance  to  Comee  or 
McComey,  but  the  pronunciation  will  be  found  identical  with  the  latter, 
and  without  doubt  David  Mackhome  of  the  "John  and  Sarah"  and 
David  Comy  of  Woburn  were  the  same.  The  scribe  who  made  the 
original  list  wrote  the  (to  him)  unfamiliar  names  as  they  sounded,  as  is 
readily  shown  by  a  glance  at  the  other  names  in  the  roll.  That  David 
did  not  entirely  drop  the  Gaelic  prefix  to  his  name  is  shown  by  the  fact 
that  m  the  record  of  his  second  marriage  twenty  years  afterward  (to 
Hester  or  Esther  Harvey,  Sept.  6,  1671,  in  Charlestown,  Mass.),  his 
name  is  spelled  Macomey.  Among  his  fellow  passengers  were  several 
Munroes.  It  will  be  remembered  that  David's  son  married  Martha 
Munroe.     The  Munro  clan  was  one  of  the  earliest  Highland  clans. 

The  ship's  list  further  states  that  the  "John  and  Sarah"  contains 
"  household  stuffe  and  other  provisions  for  Planters  and  Scotch  prisoners 
free  by  ordinance  of  Parliament,  dat.  20th  of  October,  1651."  The 
captain  was  ordered  by  those  employing  him  to  deliver  their  "  Orders 
and  Servants  to  Tho.  Kemble,  of  Charlestowne,  to  be  disposed  of  by 
him  according  to  orders  wee  have  sent  him."  The  ship  reached  Charles- 
town  in  the  early  part  of  1652. 

A  glance  at  the  times  will  throw  still  more  light  upon  the  matter.  It 
was  m  the  days  of  the  Commonwealth  in  Great  Britain.  Many  of  the 
Scotchmen  however  adhered  to  young  Charles,  afterwards  King  Charles 
II.,  and  they  rose  in  his  behalf  in  1650.  On  the  3rd  September,  Crom- 
well met  them  at  Dunbar,  on  the  east  coast  of  Scotland,  and  defeated 
them.  The  following  year,  while  Cromwell  was  still  busy  in  Scotland, 
Charles  and  his  army  invaded  England.  They  had  advanced  as  far  as 
Worcester,  when  Cromwell  overtook  them  and  put  them  to  utter  rout  on 
the  anniversary  of  the  battle  of  Dunbar.     David  Mackhome  seems  to 


have  been  one  of  the  many  prisoners  who  were  taken  at  that  time,  and 
pardoned  by  Parliament,  'with  the  understanding  that  they  should  be 
sent  to  distant  shores.  (It  will  thus  be  seen  that  the  Indian  encounter 
in  which  he  met  his  death  was  not  his  first  battle.)  As  prisoners  of 
war,  their  condition,  from  which  they  had  to  gradually  raise  themselves, 
was  one  of  partial  servitude.  This  will  account  for  David  Mackhome's 
obscurity  in  the  dozen  years  succeeding  his  arrival  in  New  England. 

In  Scotland,  mainly  in  the  vale  of  Alford,  Aberdeenshire,  there  are 
today  at  least  fifty  families  bearing  the  name  of  M'Combie.  The  b  in 
the  name  is  comparatively  modern,  added  about  a  century  ago,  but  Wm. 
M'Combie  Smith's  "  Meniioir  of  the  Families  of  M'Combie  and  Thoms 
originally  M'Intosh  and  M'Thomas,"  published  in  Edinburgh  in  1890  * 
(224  pages)  will  tell  the  story  better. 

The  M'Comies,  says  Mr.  Smith,  are  a  branch  or  sept  of  the  Clan 
M'Intosh.  The  name  was  formerly  MacThomas,  i.  e.,  son  of  Thomas 
(Mcintosh)  the  name  having  been  originally  assumed  by  one  of  the 
younger  sons  of  some  early  chief  of  the  clan.f  Gradually  it  became 
corrupted  into  M'Thomie,'M'Homie  and  M'Comie.  In  1595  Robert 
M'Homie  acknowledges  Lachlan  Mor,  16th  chief  of  the  M'Intoshes,  as 
his  "  naturall  cheiff."  There  is  no  record  of  the  particular  Thomas 
M'Intosh  from  whom  the  surname  originated,  but  in  the  original  feu- 
charter  (their  feudal  superior  was  the  Earl  of  Athole)  under  date  of 
7th  Sept.,  1568,  the  M'Comies  are  described  as  being  ah  antiquo  tenants 
and  possessors  of  the  estate  of  Finnegand,  in  Glenshee,J  in  the  north- 
east extremity  of  Perthshire. 

The  very  name  of  Perthshire  calls  to  mind  a  varied  train  of  pictures 
that  history  and  literature  have  given  us,  the  coronation  stone  of  Scone, 
*'The  Flow'r  o'  Dumblane,"  "The  Fair  Maid  of  Perth,"  the  fairer 
Loch  Katrine, 

"  And  mountains,  that  like  giants  stand 
To  sentinel  enchanted  land." 

Finnegand  lies  wholly  on  the  right  bank  of  the  river  Shee  in  the 
parish  of  Kirkmichael,  and  at  its  lowest  point  is  a  thousand  feet  above 
the  sea  level.  For  two  miles  along  the  Shee  there  is  a  belt  of  moder- 
ately fertile  land,  consisting  of  level  haughs  and  gently  sloping  fields, 
then  a  series  of  low  rounded  heights  leading  to  the  foot  of  the  mountains 
which  rise  rather  abruptly  about  half  a  mile  from  the  river. 

The  charter  of  1568  was  granted  in  favor  of  John  M'Comy  Moir. 
His  wife  Janet  Rattray  and  son  John  M'Comy  Moir,  junior,  are  men- 
tioned. Moir  or  Mor  means  big,  and  most  of  the  family  in  Scotland 
have  been  large  and  powerful  physically.  John,  junior,  married  Janet 
Farquharson,  by  whom  he  had  a  son  Alexander,  whose  son  John 
M'Comie  Mor,  the  M'Comie  Mor,  married  Elizabeth  Campbell  and  had 
at  least  seven  sons.  David  Mackhome's  first  son  was  named  John, 
probably  after  the  M'Comy  Mor,  who  may  possibly  have  been  his 
(David's)  father.  Of  this  John,  the  greatest  of  the  family,  many 
wonderful  feats  of  swordsmanship,  etc.,  are  told.     At  the  beginning  of 

*  A  copy  has  been  recently  added  to  the  Public  Library  of  the  City  of  Boston. 

t  This  was  a  common  method  of  procedure  in  Scotland.  There  are  only  about  60  Highland 
clans  but  400  or  500  septs  whose  names  have  come  in  some  similar  way.  See  Frank  Adam  s 
"  What  is  my  Tartan?  " 

X  The  long,  lonely  pass  of  Glenshee,"  Henry  Van  Dyke  calls  It. 


Ill 


the  Civil  War  in  England  he  sided  with  the  King's  party,  but  later  on 
changed  sides.  This  led  to  the  downfall  of  the  family.  Meanwhile, 
about  the  time  David  M'Comy  arrived  in  America  (1652),  the  great 
John  disposed  of  his  estates  in  Glenshee  and  took  up  the  estate  of 
Crandart,  in  Forter,  in  the  neighboring  Glenisla,  Forfarshire,  in  the 
midst  of  some  of  the  finest  mountain  scenery  in  Scotland.  Soon  after 
the  Restoration  his  troubles  began.  May  3,  1661,  the  Scottish  Parlia- 
ment passed  an  "Act  and  Decree  in  favor  of  James,  Earl  of  Airlie, 
against  Johne  M'Intosh,  alias  M'Comie,  of  Forthar."  The  names 
M'Comie  and  M'Intosh  seem  to  have  been  used  interchangably  by  the 
M'Comies  until  the  family  was  scattered  about  1676.  Sir  Aeneas 
M'Pherson  in  his  MS.  history  of  the  M'Phersons,  written  about  this 
time  (17th  century),  makes  mention  of  "John  M'Intosh  of  Forter, 
commonly  called  M'Comie,"  as  among  "  the  oldest  and  wisest  not  only 
of  my  own,  but  all  our  neighbour  families."  But  the  part  of  the  familv 
in  the  Civil  "War  and  a  quarrel  of  long  standing  with  the  Farquharsons 
resulted  in  1673  in  the  breaking  up  of  the  family.  Of  the  seven  sons  of 
the  M'Comie  Mor,  John  and  Robert  had  been  killed  by  the  Farquharsons, 
James  died  soon  after,  Thomas  and  Alexander  were  outlawed,  so  that 
the  future  of  the  family  was  left  dependent  upon  Angus  and  Donald. 
Angus  settled  in  Fifeshire,  and  wrote  his  name  M'Thomas,  which  in 
time  became  Thomas  and  finally  Thoms,  which  name  his  descendants 
still  bear.  Donald  went  north  into  the  vale  of  Alford  in  Aberdeenshire, 
and  became  the  ancestor  of  Robert  M'Comie,  junior,  who  was  at  the 
defeat  of  Culloden  in  1745,  after  which  he  went  to  the  West  Indies,  of 
Thomas  M'Combie,  a  prominent  man  in  Melbourne,  Australia,  of  Wm. 
M'Combie,  a  great  cattle  breeder  in  Scotland,  M.  P.  1868  to  1876,  and 
several  other  substantial  Aberdeenshire  men. 

To  go  back  still  farther,  the  founder  of  the  Clan  M'Intosh  was  Shaw 
MacDuff,  second  son  of  the  fifth  Earl  of  Fife,  who  distinguished  him- 
self in  quelling  a  rebellion  among  the  Moray  tribes  against  King  Mal- 
colm IV.  about  1161-63,  and  whose  descendants  thenceforward  assumed 
the  name  of  M'Intosh — Mac-an-Toiseach — son  of  the  foremost  man. 
The  system  of  Highland  clans  did  not  begin  until  about  this  time. 
Previous  to  this  Highlanders  were  divided  into  a  few  great  tribes,  which 
exactly  corresponded  with  the  ancient  earldoms  or  mormaershi|)s. 

Gillemichel  MacDuff,  first  Earl  of  Fife,  who  died  A.  D.  1139,  was 
the  first  to  take  the  name  of  MacDuff.  Surnames  before  his  day  were 
not  hereditary.  The  family  claim  to  be  descended  from  the  traditional 
MacDuff,  Thane  of  Fife  (though  there  never  were  such  thanes),  by 
whom  Macbeth  was  overthrown  in  1057. 

Allen  H.  Bent. 
Boston,  Dec,  1898. 


COMEE-COMEY  FAMILY. 


1.  Davtd*  Comee,  who  was  in  "Woburn,  Mass.,  in  16G3,  seems  to  be 
the  first  of  the  name  in  America.  When  or  whence  he  came  is  not  known 
with  certainty,  but  the  family  tradition  is  that  he  was  a  Scotchman.  His 
son  John  married  the  daughter  of  a  Scotchman  and  this  same  John,  in 
1728,  conveys  a  certain  right  in  Concord  "  which  belongs  to  the  Tenement 
where  my  Hon*^  father  David  Comey  formerly  dwelt  in  the  Southerly  part 
of  Concord  known  by  the  name  of  Scotland."  So  it  seems  there  was  a 
pai^  of  Coticord  known  as  Scotland,  perhaps  because  a  Scotch  colony  had 
settled  there.  The  name  is  generally  spelled  Comee  until  the  nineteenth 
century,  when  there  was  a  division,  about  half  adopting  the  form  of  Comey. 
On  the  old  records  it  is  occasionally  spelled,  or  misspelled  Comy,  Come, 
Comi,  Comay  and  Coomy.  The  name  seems  not  to  be  related  to  those  of 
Coney  (Cony),  Comer,  Comby  (Combee)  or  Coraley,  that  are  occasionally 
met  with  in  New  England.     Comrie  and  Comyn  are  old  Scotch  names. 

About  1664  David  Comee  moved  from  Woburn  to  Concord  (Mass.), 
where  he  lived  until  his  death.  He  was  killed,  April  21,  1676,  by  King 
Philip's  Indians  in  the  adjoining  town  of  Sudbury,  in  one  of  the  bloodiest 
of  Indian  encounters.     The  following  petition  was  presented  by  his  widow  : 

"  To  the  honored  Court  assembled  at  Cambridge  y®  3  day  of  October 
1676  The  humble  petition  of  P^sther  Comy  of  Concord  humbly  showeth 
y*  wheras  y"  said  esther  comy  her  husband  Dauid  Comy  was  slaine  by  y^ 
jndians  at  Sudbury  and  lefte  me  a  poor  widow  with  sixe  small  children  and 
foure  of  them  bee  by  a  former  wife  and  non  of  them  being  com  to  Age  or 
able  to  choose  their  own  Gardens:  I  y®  said  Esther  doe  humbly  entreat 
this  honored  Court  to  appoynt  Gardens  for  them  &  to  put  y"*  out  to  som 
good  places :  wherby  y®  boy  may  learne  som  trad  y'  may  bee  for  his  futter 
beinfeet  and  dispoose  of  y^  Girls  as  may  bee  for  their  weell  fare  also  for  y® 
settlment  of  y'  smal  estate  y*  my  husband  died  seized  of  which  doth  amount 
to  about  eighty  pounds  which  appears  by  An  jnventory  given  in  at  court  at 
Charlestown :  and  I  doe  humbly  desir  y*  Captaine  Timothy  Wheeler  with 
on  or  tow  mor  may  bee  appointed  for  both  y®  ends  aforesaid :  whom  y® 
honored  court  shall  see  causse  to  appoynt :  hoping  y'  y^  honoured  court  will 
Consider  me  beeing  poor  and  haueing  serl  children  very  small  on  of  y™  not 
being  Above  sixe  weeks  old  when  my  husband  was  slaine:  so  praying  for 
your  prosperity:  your  humble  petitioner  this  30  :  7  : :  76 

Esther  Comy." 


The  inventory  accompanying  the  above  is  short  and  amounts  to  £87  - 
14-0,  of  which  £50  is  for  the  house  and  land. 

Children  of  David  and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  ii.  recorded  in  Woburn,  iii.  to 
V.  recorded  in  Concord : 

i.  Elizabeth,  m.  March  29,   1681,  John  Kendall   (1646-1732)   of 

Wobum,  where  she  d.  in  December,  1701. 
Ii.  Maey,  b.  Jan.  30,  1663;  m.  May  24,  1688,  Joshua  Kibby,  of 
Sherborn,  and  d.  July  9,  1712,  ae.  49.    He  d.  in  1731. 

2.  iii.  John,  b.  Oct.  18,  1665. 

iv.  David,  b.  Nov.  14,  1666 ;  d.  before  1676. 
V.  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  18,  1668. 

David's  wife  Elizabeth  died  in  Concord,  March  4,  1671,  and 

he  married,  second,  Esther  ,  who  married,  Nov.  7,  1682, 

Samuel  Parry  for  her  second  husband. 

Children  of  David  and  Esther  born  in  Concord: 

i.  Daughter,  name  unknown. 
Ii.  Esther,  b.  Feb.  14, 1676. 

2.  John'  Comee  (David^)  was  a  farmer  and  moved  from  Concord  to 

Cambridge  Farms  (Lexington)  between  1689  and  1693.  He 
died  in  Lexington,  Dec.  6,  1729,  ae.  64.  Hudson  is  in  error 
when  he  gives  the  date  as  1723.  He  married  June  21,  1688, 
Martha,  born  Nov.  2,  1667,  eldest  daughter  of  William  Munroe, 
who  came  from  Scotland  in  1652. 

Children  of  John  and  Martha,  i.  recorded  in  Concord,  iv.  and  v. 
in  Cambridge.     (The  first  four  were  baptised  Feb.  26,  1699)  :t 

i.  John,  b.  April  8,  1689 ;  probably  d.  young. 

ii.  Hannah,  d.  unm.  May  26,  1770. 

iii.  Martha,  m.  July  9,  1713,  Benjamin  Smith,  and  d.  Nov.  19, 1749. 

3.  iv.  David,  b.  Jan.  11,  1696. 

V.  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  29,  1701. 

vi.  Abigail,  bap.  Oct.  26,  1707;  m.  Jan.  4, 1728,  Jonas  Pierce,  and 
d.  in  Westminster,  Mass. 

3.  David'  Comee  {John,^  David})  of  Lexington,  lived  to  be  104  years 

old,  if  family  tradition  is  correct.  This  would  bring  the  date  of 
his  death  about  the  year  1800.  In  1729  he  is  called  a  yeoman, 
in  1736  an  innholder.  He  married  first,  Ruhama,  born  in  Water- 
town  July  15,  1701,  daughter  of  Joseph  and   Ruhama  Brown. 

She  died  June  3,  1730,  and  he  married  second,  Sarah . 

David  and  Ruhama  seem  to  have  had  five  or  six  children,  who 
died  in  infancy.     Those  that  lived  (born  in  Lexington)  were : 

4.  1.  John,  bap.  Sept.  28,  1725. 
6.  ii.  Joseph,  bap.  Aug.  4,  1728. 

Children  of  David  and  Sarah,  all  born  in  Lexington : 

6.  i.  Benjamin,  b.  Nov.  15,  1733. 

ii.  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  11, 1735;  m.  Dec.  4, 1755,  Isaac  Parkhurst  (1731- 

)  of  Waltham,  where  they  lived  till  1786. 

iii.  Martha,  b.  April  11,  1737;  m.  at  Chelsea,  April  2, 1761,  William 
Williams. 

7.  iv.  EzEKiEL,  b.  April  27,  1740. 

V.  Ruhama,  b.  April  15,  1742;  m.  Dec.  9,  1762,  Isaac  Corey  (1740- 
1817)  of  Waltham,  and  d.  at  East  Sudbury,  March  2,  1819. 

8.  vi.  David,  b.  April  21,  1744. 

9.  vii.  Jonathan,  b.  April  4,  1746. 


4.  John*  Comee  {David?  John*  David})  a  farmer,  moved  from  Lex- 
ington to  Milton  in  1751,  but  soon  after  (1753  to  1755)  removed 
to  Stoughton,  the  part  known  as  Stoughtonham  (incorporated 
1762  as  Sharon).  He  seems  to  have  been  in  the  part  of  the  latter, 
which  in  1778  became  Foxboro.  His  name  is  included  in  the 
unsuccessful  petition  of  May  1773  for  the  incorporation  of  Fox- 
boro.  At  the  first  town  meeting  June  29,  1778,  he  (or  possibly 
it  was  his  sou  John)  was  chosen  constable.  He  died  in  Foxboro, 
Feb.  8,  1815,  ae.  89.  He  was  married  at  Milton  in  1751  to  Abi- 
gail, born  Oct.  22,  1727,  daughter  of  Roger  Sumner  and  a  descend- 
ant of  William  Sumner  (1605-1688)  of  Dorchester,  the  ancestor 
of  Charles  Sumner.  Mrs.  Abigail  Comee  died  at  Foxboro,  May 
19,  1806,  ae.  78.  ^ 

Children  of  John  and  Abigail,  i.  recorded  in  Milton,  ii.  to  v. 
in  Stoughton,  vi.  in  Sharon : 

10.  i.  John,  b.  Jan.  U,  1753. 

ii.  Jerusha,  b.  Feb.  22,  1755. 

11.  ill.  Oliver,  b.  June  11,  1757. 

12.  iv.  Spencer,  b.  Jan.  24,  1760. 

V.  Abigail,  b.  Aug.  25,  1762;  d.  unm.  Jan.  11,  1790. 
vi.  Eunice,  b.  July  15,  1766. 

5.  Joseph*  Comee  {David,*  John,*  David})  moved  previous  to  1771 
from  Lexington  to  Wrentham,  the  part  taken  in  1778  to  make 
Foxboro,  where  he  was  a  cordwainer  (shoemaker)  and  still  living 
in  1809.  He  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  unsuccessful  petition 
of  1773  for  the  incorporation  of  Foxboro.  October  1771,  Joseph 
Comee  and  wife  Mary,  of  Wrentham,  gave  quitclaim  to  estate  of 
their  honorable  father  Benjamin  Merriam,  of  Lexington.  Hud- 
son, however,  in  his  History  of  Lexington  makes  it  out  that  he 
was  a  member  of  Capt.  John  Parker's  Company,  April  19,  1775, 
and  was  wounded  in  the  arm  trying  to  get  out  of  the  meeting-house, 
whither  he  had  been  to  replenish  his  powder-horn,  but  this  was 
probably  his  son  Joseph.  He  married,  about  1750,  Mary,  bora 
April  4,  1733,  eldest  daughter  of  Benjamin  Merriam  (1699-1773), 
of  Lexington.  Hannah,  widow  of  Joseph  Comee  deceased,  died 
in  Foxboro,  March  22,  1815.  The  death  of  a  child  of  Joseph 
Comee  is  recorded  in  Lexington  churchrecords  in  1766. 
Children  of  Joseph  and  Mary,  all  born  in  Lexington : 

13.  1.  Ezra,  (twin)  bap.  Oct.  27,  1751. 
ii.  Mercy,  (twin)  bap.  Oct.  27,  1751. 

ili.  Joseph,  b.  July  1,  1753;  probably  the  Joseph  who  d.  in  Lexing- 

ton,  Oct.  12,  1776. 
iv.  Mary,  b.  June  22,  1755. 

V.  Aaron,  b.  Aug.  15,  1757;  nothing  further  known, 
vi.  Betty,  b.  March  23,  1760. 
vii.  RuHAMA,  bap.  Nov.  14,  1762. 

14.  viil.  Benjamin,  b.  July  3,  1765 ;  m.  Ruth  Trow. 

6.  Benjamin*  Comee  {David,*  John,*  David})  was  a  cordwainer  and 
at  the  time  of  his  marriage  (1762)  was  still  living  in  Lexington, 
but  moved  soon  after  to  Maiden,  where  he  died  in  1774,  ae.  40. 
He  married  first,  March  25,  1762,  Hannah  Watts,  of  Chelsea, 
who  died  at  Maiden,  Dec.  1,  1767.  She  was  probably  the  Han- 
nah Watts  b.  Chelsea,  Feb.  17, 1743,  dau.  of  Samuel  and  Hannah. 


He  married  second,  Oct.  17,  1768,  Hannah  Richardson,  of  Wo- 
burn,  by  whom  however  he  had  no  children.  She  was  probably 
the  Hannah  Coome,  who  married  in  1783  Thomas  Sargent,  of 
Maiden. 

Children  of  Benjamin  and  Hannah,  ii.  and  iii.  recorded  in  Mai- 
den : 

i.  Hannah,  d.  in  Boston,  unm.,  in  1794. 
ii.  Sarah,  b.  March  23,  1766. 
15.  iii.  Bknjamin,  b.  Nov.  21,  1767. 

7.  EzEKiEL*   CoMEB    (Davtd,^   John*    David})    lived   in    Cambridge 

(Brighton)  till  1783,  when  he  probably  went  to  Boston,  where  he 
appears  in  the  directories  of  1796  and  1800,  but  not  in  1803,  so 
he  probably  died  before  that.  (No  directories  published  between 
these  dates).  Feb.  12,  1806,  Mary  Ann  Comee,  singlewoman, 
and  Charlotte  Smith,  wife  of  Ebenezer  Smith,  all  of  Boston,  sell 
property  in  Cambridge,  that  descended  to  them  from  their  father 
Ezekiel. 

Children  of  Ezekiel  and  his  wife : 

i.  Maky  Ann.    Perhaps  the  Mary  who  d.  in  Boston,  Aug.  12,  1824. 
ii.  Charlotte,  b.  about  1775;  m.  Ebenezer  Smith,  a  painter  and 

glazier  in  Boston,  where  he  d.  July  29,  1810,  ae.  36.    She  d. 

in  Boston,  in  June,  1809,  ae.  34. 

8.  David*  Comee  (David,'  John'  David^)  was  a  farmer,  but  one  of 

"the  embattled  farmers"  that  "fired  the  shot  heard  round  the 
world."  Though  not  a  member  of  any  militia  company,  as  a  citizen 
of  Lexington  he  saw  active  service  April  19, 1775,  when  his  queue 
was  shot  off.  At  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  a  bullet  from  the 
enemy  was  shot  into  the  barrel  of  his  musket.  He  was  out  two 
days  from  March  4  to  March  6,  1776,  at  Roxbury,  in  Capt.  Ste- 
phen Dana's  Company,  while  the  forts  were  being  erected  on 
Dorchester  Heights  (Rev.  Rolls,  xviii.  239).  Soon  after  he  moved 
from  Lexington  to  Westminster,  the  part  that  was  incorporated 
in  1785  as  Gardner  (Mass.).  His  deed  from  Amos  Gates  was 
dated  April  19,  1776.  From  Dec.  12,  1776  to  March  1,  1777, 
he  was  out  in  Capt.  Manasseh  Sawyer's  Company  in  Colonel 
Dike's  Regiment  (Rev.  Rolls,  xxvi.  419).  Aug.  22,  1777,  at  the 
Bennington  alarm,  he  marched  to  East  Hoosick  in  Capt.  Elislia 
Jackson's  Company  with  Major  Bridge  (Rev.  Rolls,  xx.  108). 
From  Sept.  7  to  Nov.  29,  1777,  he  was  in  Capt.  Nathaniel  Car- 
ter's Company  in  Col.  Job  Cushing's  Regiment  (Rev.  Rolls,  xviii. 
31).  His  house  in  Gardner,  where  he  died  March  8,  1826,  aged 
nearly  82,  was  about  one  and  one-half  miles  east  of  the  Centre 
on  the  road  to  Ashburnham  and  before  his  day  had  been  an  inn. 
David  married  first,  Christiana,  daughter  of  James  Maltman,  who 
came  from  Scotland  to  Boston  about  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth 
century.  She  died  in  Gardner,  May  17,  1789,  ae.  33  years  and 
8  months,  and  he  married  second,  her  younger  sister  Hannah 
Maltman,  who  lived  to  be  88  years,  2  months  and  18  days,  dying 
in  Gardner,  Oct.  23, 1852.  She  was  blind  the  last  twenty  years 
of  her  life. 

Children  of  David  and  Christiana,  i.  born  in  Lexington,  the 
others  in  Westminster  (Gardner) : 


16.  i.  David,  b.  Sunday,  March  26,  1775. 

17.  ii.  James  Maltman,  b.  Friday,  April  18,  1777. 
iii.  Benjamin,  b.  May  28,  1779;  d.  Jan.  26,  1785. 

iv.  Christiana,  b.  Oct.  30,  1781 ;  m.  Marcli  29, 1804,  Eliel  Bacon,  of 

Gardner,  and  about  1805  moved  to  Henderson,  N.  Y. 
V.  Mary,  b.  Sept.  4,  1784 ;  m.  June  29, 1806,  William  Fletcher  2d,  of 

Templeton,  and  d.  Oct.  7,  1818,  ae.  34. 
vi.  Benjamin,  b.  Dec.  13,  1786;  d.  April  4,  1790. 
vii.  John,  b.  Jan.  24,  1789 ;  d.  May  25,  1803. 

Children  of  David  and  Hannah,  all  born  in  Gardner : 

i.  Hannah  More,  b.  April  6,  1790;  d.  March  10,  1810. 

ii.  Sarah,  b.  Feb.  12,  1793;  m.  Aug.  11,  1814,  Elijah  Breck  (1792- 
1866),  of  Gardner,  where  she  d.  June  29,  1877,  ae.  84,  leav- 
ing several  children,  among  them  Sarah  Breck,  who  m.  A. 
Allen  Bent ;  and  has  one  son  Allen  H.  Bent. 

iii.  Patty,  b.  Oct.  2,  1795 ;  d.  Mav  19,  1803. 

iv.  RmiAMA,  b.  Feb.  20,  1798;  m.  June  28,  1835,  Abram  Jaquith 
(1802-1851),  of  Fitchburg,  where  she  died  Dec.  19,  1884,  ae.  86, 
leaving  one  daughter,  Abby  Mead  Jaquith,  who  xn.  David 
Damon. 

18.  V.  Benjamin,  b.  Sept.  16,  1800. 

19.  vi.  Joseph,  b.  Jan.  14,  1803. 

vii.  Martha,  b.  June  20,  1805;  m.  Sept.  29,  1828,  Ebenezer  Fenno 
(1801-1846) ,  of  Gardner ;  and  d.  at  Baldwinsville,  Mass..  Aug. 
4,  1880,  ae.  75,  leaving  three  daughters.  Mr.  Fenno  was  a 
son  of  Ephraim  Fenno  (1759-1820)  of  "Westminster,  Mass., 
and  a  descendant  of  John  Fenno,  who  was  in  Milton,  Mass., 
at  its  incorporation  in  1662. 

20.  viii.  George  "Washington,  b.  Aug.  22,  1809. 

9.  Jonathan*  Comet  {David,'  John,''  David? )  when  a  lad,  followed 

his  older  brothers  to  what  later  became  Foxboro,  and  while  still 
young  removed  to  HoUiston,  where  he  lived  with  a  Mr.  Samuel 
Messenger.  After  his  marriage  he  went  to  the  western  part  of 
Hopkinton  to  live  on  the  west  side  of  Whitehall  Pond.  At  the 
time  of  the  Lexington  alarm  he  was  out  eleven  days  in  Capt.  John 
Homes'  Company  in  Col.  Samuel  Bullard's  Regiment.  His  name 
is  spelled  Ju°  Commey  on  the  muster  roll.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Wells. 

Children  of  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth,  all^born  in  Hopkinton  : 

i.  Parmelia,  m.  Nathaniel  Chamberlain,  of  Hopkinton,  and  moved 
to  "Wardsboro,  Nt. 

21.  ii.  Royal,  b.  Jan.  29,  1772. 

iii.  Betsey,  m.  Joshua  Mellen,  and  lived  in  "Westboro;  where  they 
had  one  son,  the  late  Judge  Edw.  Mellen,  of  Worcester,  and 
four  daughters. 

iv.  Polly,  m.  Jonathan  Fairbanks,  and  lived  in  Holden,  Mass. 

V.  Nellipee,  m.  John  Wheelock,  of  Hopkinton ;  where  she  died  at 
the  birth  of  her  son  John,  who  was  brought  up  by  a  Mr.  Adams. 

vi.  Hannah,  m.  Abner  Prentiss,  of  Hopkinton, 

10.  John^  Comet  {John,*  David,'  John^  David})  was  a  farmer  and 

lived  in  Foxboro,  where  he  died  May  24,  1830,  ae.  77.  At  the 
Lexington  alarm  he  marched  as  corporal  in  Capt.  Israel  Smith's  Com- 
pany and  was  out  four  days  (Rev.  Rolls,  xiii.  103).  From  May  to 
December,  1775,  during  the  siege  of  Boston,  he  was  in  Capt. 
Samuel  Payson's  Company  in  Col.  Joseph  Read's  Regiment.  He 
was  also  out  five  and  one-half  days  in  Capt.  Josiah  Pratt's  Com- 
pany in  Colonel  Gill's  Regiment  "  that  marched  on  y®  alarme  to 


ojiL 


Roxbury  the  5  day  of  March  A.D.  1776  "  (Rev.  Rolls,  xxi.  188). 
He  married  Betsey  Carpenter,  daughter  of  Nehemiah.  Betsey 
died  in  Foxboro  in  February,  1823. 

Children  of  John  and  Betsey,  all  born  in  Foxboro : 

i.  Clarissa,  b.  May  29,  1783;  d.  unm.  Dec.  29,  1855,  ae.  72. 
ii.  Betsey,  b.  Aug.  26,  1784;  d,  unra.  Nov.  13,  1869,  ae.  85. 

22.  iii.  Spencer,  b.  April  2,  1786 ;  d.  Foxboro.  Dec.  14, 1859,  ae.  73. 

23.  iv.  Thatcher,  b.  March  22,  1788 ;  d.  Foxboro,  Dec.  23, 1867,  ae.  79. 
V.  Nabby,  b.  Aug.  9,  1790;  d.  July  13,  1796. 
vi.  Eunice,  b.  June  6,  1792;  d.  unra.  Oct.  3,  1858,  ae.  66. 
vii.  Esther,  b.  March  6,  1794;  d.  unm.  May  25,  1831,  ae.  37. 
viii.  Nabby,  b.  March  1,  1797;  m.  1845,  Amos  Keith,  of  Norton; 

where  she  d.  May  1,  1884.    siK    ^'  V 

24.  ix.  John,  b.  April  1,  1798;  d.  Foxboro,  A^ril  7,  1886,  ae.  88. 

11.  Oliver*  Comey  {John*  David,*  John^  Davi(J})  was  a  farmer  and 

lived  in  Foxboro,  where  he  died  Jan.  4,  1842,  ae.  84.  He  en- 
listed July  14,  1778,  and  served  until  Feb.  18,  1779,  in  Capt. 
John  Ellis's  Company  in  Col.  Thomas  Poor's  Regiment,  raised 
to  fortify  and  secure  the  passes  of  the  North  River  in  New  York 
(Rev.  Rolls,  xix.  3).  In  later  years  was  called  Captain  Comey. 
He  married,  Dec.  21,  1786,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Eleazar  Bel- 
cher. She  died  in  Foxboro,  May  12,  1851,  aged  83  years,  3 
months  and  26  days. 

Children  of  Oliver  and  Elizabeth,  all  born  in  Foxboro : 

25.  i.  Oliver,  b.  Oct.  23,  1788;  d.  Foxboro,  May  3,  1875,  ae.  87. 

26.  ii.  Aaron,  b.  July  5,  1789:  d.  Jan.  6,  1846,  ae.  56. 

iii.  Eliza,  b.  April  27,  1791 ;  m.  June  3,  1813,  Abijah  Fales.  She  d. 
Dec.  17,  1859,  ae.  68.  Children:  Eliza  M.,  Emily  C,  Abijah, 
Elizabeth  and  Abner. 

27.  iv.  Lyman,  b.  Aue.  6,  1793;  d.  June  14,  1878,  ae.  84. 

28.  V.  WiLLARD,  b.  March  26,  1796;  d.  Foxboro,  April  23,  1869,  ae.  73. 
vi.  Prudence,  b.  July  7,  1798;  d.  Nov.  13,  1800. 

29.  vii.  Jason,  b.  Oct.  4,  1800;  d.  Piinceton,  Iowa,  Sept.  15,  1853. 
viii.  MiRA,  b.  Dec.  8,  1802;  m.  Martin  Copeland,  of  Easton.     Shed. 

March  19,  1878,  leaving  one  son  Ephraim  M.  Copeland,  of 
Foxboro. 
ix.  Otis,  b.  Feb.  3,  1805;  went  to  Pennsylvania  about  1833;  and  is 
supposed  to  have  been  drowned. 

30.  X.  Charles,  b.  April  8,  1807;  living  in  Kennebunk,  Me. 

31.  xi.  Oman,  b.  July  31,  1811 ;  d.  Foxboro,  Nov.  12,  1895. 

12.  Spencer*   Comey    {John*   David'  John^  David})    of  Foxboro, 

enlisted  Aug.  14,  1777,  (when  only  17  years  old),  in  Capt.  John 
Bradley's  Company  in  Col.  Benjamin  Gill's  Regiment,  marched 
to  Manchester,  Vt,  to  join  the  Northern  Army  and  was  out  three 
months  and  twenty-eight  days.  He  was  in  service  a^ain  in  Col. 
Thomas  Nixon's  Regiment  from  Sept.  1,  1779  to  Feb.  3,  1780, 
when  he  was  reported  killed  (Rev.  Rolls,  liii.  210). 

13.  Ezra'  Comee  {Joseph,*  David,*  John*  David})  at  the  time  of  his 

marriage  was  of  Cambridge,  but  seems  to  have  lived  on  the  south 
side  of  the  river,  that  is,  in  the  part  set  off  in  1807  as  Brighton. 
About  1782  he  moved  away.  His  later  years  were  spent  in  Dana 
(Mass.),  where  he  died  Nov.  19,  1832,  ae.  81.  He  married  Feb. 
16,  1774,  Anna  Porter,  of  Newton.  She  died  at  Dana,  Oct.  28, 
1838,  ae.  81. 


Children  of  Ezra  and  Anna : 

i.  Eliza,  b.  March  21,  1781 ;  m.  Dec.  29,  1802,  Rev.  Joshua  Flagg. 
ii.  Susan,  b.  July  19, 1791 ;  m.  Barney  Flagg  (1792-1857). 
32.  ill.  Thomas  Wilson,  b.  Jan  3, 1794 ;  m.  Lydia  Towne,  of  Dana. 

14.  Benjamin*  Comee  {Joseph*  David,^  John^  David^)  of  Foxboro, 

is  spoken  of  both  as  a  cordwainer  and  a  trader.     He  was  a  sergeant 
in  the  Foxboro  militia  in  1797.     He  died  in  Foxboro,  Oct.  11, 
1842,  ae.  77.     He  married  March  24,  1785,  Ruth  Trow. 
Children  of  Benjamin  and  Ruth,  all  born  in  Foxboro: 

1.  Aaron,  b.  Nov.  13,  1785;  d.  Nov.  13,  1785. 

ii.  Nancy,  b.  April  8,  1787;  d.  July  20,  1811,  ae.  24. 

iii.  Ruth,  b.  March  17,  1790. 

iv.  Otis,  b.  Aug.  12,  1791;  nothing  further  known. 

15.  Benjamin*  Comet   {Benjamin*  David,^  John^  David})   moved 

from  Maiden  to  Boston  some  time  before  1793,  and  continued  to 
live  there  until  1842,  when  he  moved  to  Dorchester.  In  April 
1848  he  moved  from  Dorchester  to  Chelsea,  where  he  died  June 
24,  1858,  ae.  90.  He  was  a  mast-maker  and  built  Comey's 
Wharf,  which  first  appears  in  the  Boston  Directory  of  1835.  The 
wharf  was  taken  in  1894  to  become  a  part  of  the  North  End 
Park.  Benjamin  married  first,  Hannah  Watts,  who  died  in  Bos- 
ton, July  25,  1829,  ae.  62.  She  was  born  in  Boston,  Dec.  11, 
1767,  dau.  of  Bellingham  Watts  (1732-1767),  mariner,  who  was 
son  of  Samuel  and  Hannah.  He  married  second,  Nov.  29,  1830, 
Nancy,  eldest  daughter  of  Robert  Howe,  of  Boston.  She  died 
in  Reading,  Kansas,  in  1886.  No  children  by  the  first  wife. 
Children  of  Benjamin  and  Nancy,  born  in  Boston : 

i.  Isabella  Harris,  b.  September,  1832 ;  d.  in  Chelsea,  Nov.  3, 1854, 
unm. 

ii.  Hannah  Watts,  b.  Sept.  22,  1834;  taught  school  in  Chelsea;  m. 
in  1865,  Joel  Augustus  Stratton,  of  Leominster,  Mass.,  where 
they  lived  until  February  1879,  when  they  moved  to  Reading, 
Kansas.    Mr.  Stratton  was  a  Capt.  in  63d  Mass.  Vols. 

16.  David®  Comee  {David,*  David,^  John^  David'^),  of  Gardner,  mar- 

ried March  31,  1799,  Esther,  daughter  of  John  and  Betsey  Baker 
of  Gardner,  where  she  died  Oct.  5, 1863,  aged  88  years,  11  months 
and  5  days.     He  died  Sept.  18,  1848,  ae.  73. 

Children  of  David  and  Esther,  all  born  in  Gardner : 

i.  David,  b.  June  4,  1801 ;  d.  April  17,  1803. 

ii.  Betsey,  b.  Dec.  9, 1802 ;  m.  Dec.  28;  1826,  Jesse  Lovewell  (1798- 
1838),  of  Hubbardston,  Mass. 

iii.  John,  b.  Dec.  21,  1804;  m.  Ist,  March  18,  1858,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 
Robbins,  dau.  of  Robert  Reed,  of  Dunstable,  who  d.  Nov.  12, 
1867,  ae.  57.  He  m.  2d,  March  10,  1870,  Mrs.  Harriet  Stod- 
dard, dau.  of  Luke  Knight,  of  Winchendon.  John  d.  in  Gard- 
ner, March  5,  1885,  ae.  80.     No  children. 

iv.  Louisa,  b.  Oct.  4,  1808 ;  m.  Dec.  2,  1829,  Leonard  Lovewell,  of 
Hubbardston. 

17.  James  Maltman®  Comee    {David*  David,'  John,^  David})   of 

Gardner,  was  the  first  in  the  town  to  engage  in  chair  manufactur- 
ing, an  industry  for  which  the  town  has  since  become  famous, 
some   $2,000,000   worth   being  made  there  annually  now.    It 


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seems  to  have  been  in  the  year  1805  that  he  began  the  industry  in 
a  small  way  in  one  of  the  rooms  in  his  own  house.  The  chairs 
he  teamed  himself  to  Boston,  Salem,  Providence  and  Worcester. 
The  very  first  were  probably  wood  seats,  but  they  were  soon  suc- 
ceeded by  the  old  flag  seats.  He  and  his  older  brother  were 
Masons,  probably  members  of  the  now  extinct  Lodge  at  Temple- 
ton.  His  house  was  on  the  Ashburnham  road,  a  short  distance 
from  the  centre  of  Gardner.  He  was  the  first  Comee  to  indulge 
in  the  luxury  of  a  middle  name. 

James  M.  married  Jan.  26,  1802,  Sally,  daughter  of  John  and 
Abigail  Putnam,  of  Fitchburg.  She  died  in  Gardner,  Dec.  23, 
1863,  aged  84  years,  6  months  and  24  days.  He  died  Aug.  27, 
1832,  ae.  55. 

Children  of  James  M.  and  Sally,  all  born  in  Gardner : 

i,  Maria,  b.  Sept.  2,  1802;  m.  Nov.  22,  1821,  Isaac  Jaquith  (1797- 

1861),  of  Gardner,  where  she  d.  Feb.  15,  1881,  ae.  78. 
ii.  Christiana,  b.  April  1,  1805 ;  m.  June  23,  1825,  William  S.  Lynde, 

of  Gardner,  where  she  d.  May  7,  1842. 
ill.  Sally,  b.  May  14,  1807 ;  m.  Oct.  27,  1824,  Benjamin  Franklin 

Hey  wood  ( 1802-1843) ,  a  chair  manufacturer,  of  Gardner.    She 

d.  at  Fitchburg. 

33.  iv.  James  Maltman,  b.  May  31,  1809 ;  d.  at  Fitchburg,  Nov.  11,  1893. 
V.  Mary,  b.  May  23,  1811;  m.  Aug.  25,  1829,  Gen.  Moses  Wood 

(1803-1869),  of  Gardner,  and  afterward  lived  in  Providence  and 
Fitchburg.     She  is  living  in  Brookline,  Mass. 

34.  vi.  William  Williams,  b.  Aug.  19,  1813;  d.  July  22,  1883. 

vii.  Abigail,  b.  April  24,  1816  V  m.  1st,  Nov.  3,  1836,  Jonas  Harwood 
(1812-1840),  of  North  Brookfield;  and  2d,  Aug.  1,  1847,  Rev., 
Sumner  Lincoln  (1799-1890),  a  Unitarian  clergyman.  She  d. 
at  Wilton,  N.  H.,  Jan.  24,  1895,  ae.  78,  leaving  one  dau.  Mrs. 
Abbie  L.  Bridges,  by  her  second  husband. 

viii.  John  Porter,  b.  Sept.  3,  1818;  d.  March  8,  1819. 

35.  ix.  Leander  Porter,  b.  Dec.  26,  1819;  d.  Dec.  9,  1885. 
X.  Eliza,  b.  April  28,  1822 ;  d.  March  10,  1836. 

xi.  Daniel  Webster,  b.  Aug.  21,  1825;  d.  unm.  in  Sacramento,  Cal. 
He  went  to  California  in  1853,  and  was  in  flour  milling  business. 

18.  Benjamin^  Comee  {David,*  David'  John^  David})  moved  from 
Gardner,  Mass.,  to  Henderson,  N.  Y.,  about  1838,  and  thence 
in  1855  to  Hebron,  Wis.,  and  later  to  Seymour,  Wis.,  where  he 
died  Oct.  5,  1880,  ae.  80.  He  married  first,  Sept.  30,  1823, 
Lovina  Mead,  born  April  7,  1803,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Char- 
lotte Mead,  of  Lunenburg,  Mass.  She  died  at  Henderson,  N.  Y., 
July  11,  1842,  ae.  39.  He  married  second,  Mrs.  Eliza  Ann 
'  Seger  (born  Dye),  who  died  at  Hebron,  Wis.,  1869,  ae.  66.  He 
was  a  cabinet-maker,  painter,  and  decorator. 
Children  of  Benjamin  and  Lovina: 

i.  Charlotte  Emeline,  b.  Aug.  31,  1824;  m.  Feb.  20,  1841,  Samuel 
Delos  Ward;  and  lives  (1895)  witli  her  only  son,  Benjamin 
Comee  Ward,  at  Superior,  Nuckolls  Co.,  Neb. 

ii.  Caroline  Augusta,  b.  June  26,  1826 ;  m.  in  1855  John  Parsons, 
and  lives  in  Wisconsin. 

ill.  Martha  Ann,  b.  Aug.  28,  1828;  m.  1st, Gates;  and  2d, 

Nicholas  Stokes.     They  live  at  Lacrosse,  Wis. 

iv.  James  Munroe,  b.  Aug.  8,  1830;  m.  Jennie  Thornton;  and  d. 
at  Lacrosse,  Wis.,  1862 (?)  ae.  32.     No  children. 

V.  Sarah  Mead,  b.  Oct.  12,  1832 ;  m.  1st,  Aug.  20,  1856,  Orrin  H. 
Emory,  who  d.  during  the  War  (Oct.  29,  1864).  She  m.  2d, 
Oct.  1,  1866,  James  H.  Bower,  and  lives  at  Whitewater,  Wis. 


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Children  of  Benjamin  and  Eliza,  all  bom  at  Henderson,  N.  Y. : 

i.  Maria  Rosette,  b.  Oct.  4,  1844;  m.  Jan.  1,  1860,  Uriel  Tibbets; 
and  lives  now  at  Franklin,  Minn. 

36.  11.  William  BENJAMr^f,  b.  Nov.  11,  1846;  m,  1867,  Anna  Eliza  Fran- 

cis, of  Milwaukee,  and  lives  at  Seymour,  Wis. 
Hi.  Squire  S.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1848;  unm.;  lives  at  Lake  Linden,  Mich. 

A  photographer, 
iv.  Helen,  b.  1854 ;  d.  unm.  March  15,  1890,  at  Seymour,  Wis. 

19.  Joseph*  Comee  {David*  David^  John,*  David}),  after  the  death  of 

his  father  in  1826,  took  the  old  homestead  in  Gardner,  but  about 
1837  moved  to  New  York.  He  lived  for  a  short  time  in  Hender- 
son and  then  in  Belleville,  but  soon  located  in  Ellisburg  (N.  Y.), 
where  he  died  Jan.  10,  1856,  ae.  53.  He  married,  April  27, 
1826,  Miriam  Stone,  born  Gardner,  July  13,  1799,  youngest 
daughter  of  Samuel  Stone.  She  died  Oct.  2,  1863,  ae.  64,  in 
Ashburnham,  Mass.,  whither  she  had  removed  in  1860. 

Children  all  born  in  Gardner,  except  v.,  who  was  born  in  Hen- 
derson, N.  Y. : 

37.  i.  Christopher  Columbus,  b.  Jan.  28,  1827;  was  a  captain  in  94th 

Reg.,  N.  Y.  Vols.,  captured  at  Gettysburg  and  confined  in  Libby 
Prison.    He  is  an  artist  and  lives  in  Waseka,  Minn. 

38.  ii.  Samuel  Stone,  b.  June  17,  1830 ;  m.  Sarah  W.  Sawin. 
iii.  James,  b.  Sept.  12,  1832 ;  d.  May  26,  1839. 

iv.  Martha  Stone,  b.  Dec.  8, 1834;  m.  Aug.  19, 1858,  Otis  D.  Sawin, 
and  lives  in  Waseka,  Minn.    They  have  an    adopted  dan. 
Winnie,  who  is  m.  and  lives  in  Waseka. 
V.  George  Washington,  b.  June  9,  1838;  m.  Dec.  26,  1881,  Eliza- 
beth Kittredge,  and  has  lived  in  Waseka,  Minn.,  since  about 
1867.    No  children.    He  is  a  furniture  mfr.  with  Ms  brother- 
in-law,  O.  D.  Sawin. 

20.  George  Washington^  Comee  {David,*  David,*  John,^  Daivd}) 

lived  in  Gardner,  Templeton  and  Fitchburg,  and  about  1852  went 
to  Worcester  (Mass.),  where  he  died  May  28,  1878,  ae.  68.  He 
married  first.  May  2,  1833,  Fanny  Richardson  Viniug,  born  June 
27,  1810,  daughter  of  John  Vining  of  Templeton.  She  became 
an  invalid  soon  after  her  marriage  and  died  at  Templeton,  Mass., 
Aug.  30,  1838,  ae.  28.  No  children.  George  W.  married  second, 
Betsey  Howard,  of  Brookfield. 

Children  of  George  W.  and  Betsey,  all  of  whom  died  young : 

i.  George  M.,  b.  May  1,  1842. 
ii.  Francis. 
lil.  Fannie. 
iv.  Frank. 

21.  Royal*  Comee  {Jonathan,*  David^  John^  David?)  was  born  in 

Hopkinton,  Mass.,  Jan.  29,  1772;  and  died  in  Hopkinton,  in  Octo- 
ber 1852,  ae.  80.  He  was  a  well-to-do  farmer  and  always  lived 
in  Hopkinton  on  the  east  side  of  Whitehall  Pond.  He  owned  a 
large  tract  on  the  west  side  of  the  pond  and  an  island,  now  called 
Comey's  Island.  He  married  Polly  Andrews,  of  Milford,  who 
died  Aug.  29,  1873,  aged  88  years,  8  months  and  8  days. 
Children  of  Royal  and  Polly,  all  born  in  Hopkinton: 

39.  i.  Hiram,  b.  July  18,  1806 ;  m.  1832,  Emily  Gibbs. 

40.  ii.  Albert,  b.  Aug.  3,  1808;  was  twice  m.,  and  had  seven  children. 

41.  iii.  Elbridgk  Gerby,  b.  Nov.  21,  1811 ;  m.  Abigail  J.  Pierce. 


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42.  iv.  Dexter,  b.  Feb.  21,  1814;  d.  in  Westboro,  Mass.,  Nov.  8, 1892. 

V.  Martha  Ann,  b.  Aug.  19,  1817;  m.  William  B.  Wales,  of  Hop- 

kinton;  and  d.  April  13,  1845,  leaving  one  child,  Mary  Ann. 

VI.  Mary,  b.  July  12,  1823;  d.  unra.  July  18,  1844. 

22.  Spencer^  Comet  (John*  John*  David?  John,^  David})  was  born  in 

Foxboro,  Mass.,  April  2, 1786;  and  died  in  Foxboro,  Dec.  14, 1859, 
ae.  73.     He  married  Polly,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Milly  Leonard, 
of  Foxboro,  where  she  died  Nov.  19,  1883,  ae.  85-7-9. 
Children,  all  born  in  Foxboro  : 

43.  i.  Warren  Gardner,  b.  Sept.  15,  1821. 

44.  ii.  Sanford  Erastus,  b.  March  5,  1826. 

ill.  James  Munroe,  b.  March  29, 1829 ;  has  spent  most  of  his  life  in 

the  oil  regions  of  Pennsylvania, 
iv.  Spencer  Augustus,  b.  Nov.  19,  1832 ;  d.  March  25,  1833. 

45.  V.  Spencer  Augustus,  b.  Aug.  27,  1834. 

23.  Thatcher*  Comet  {John*  John*  David?  John?  David*)  was  born 

in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  March  22,  1788;  and  died  in  Foxboro,  Dec.  23, 
1867,  ae.  79.  He  married  Dec.  21,  1823,  Mary  Thompson,  born 
July  14,  1801,  daughter  of  David  and  Phebe  (Bonney)  Thompson, 
of  Easton  and  Lenox,  MasS.  Mrs.  Comey  died  in  Foxboro,  Dec.  21, 
1867,  ae.  66. 

Children,  all  bom  in  Foxboro : 

46.  i.  Henry  Thatcher,  b.  April  30,  1827. 

47.  ii.  James  Allen,  b.  March  22,  1831. 

48.  iii.  Elbrldge  Carpenter,  b.  Sept.  23,  1836. 

24.  John'  Comet  (John?  John?  J)avid?  John?  David?)  was  born  in 

Foxboro,  Mass.,  April  1,  1798;^aud  died  in  Foxboro,  April  7, 1886, 
ae.  88.  From  1856  until  his  death  he  was  a  deacon  in  the  Baptist 
Church  and  a  great  temperance  worker,  and  in  his  younger  days 
(from  1828  until  1831)  was  captain  of  a  militia  company  in  the  2d 
regiment.  He  married,  May  23,  1824,  Hannah  Robinson,  born 
March  13,  1801,  daughter  of  Abishai  Robinson,  of  Raynham.  She 
died  in  Foxboro,  Oct.  17,  1890,  ae.  89. 
Children,  all  born  in  Foxboro : 

49.  i.  George  Preston,  b.  March  30,  1825.  DlaA^ ^<^^  ^,  /?^  V: 

^ii.  Ann  Maria,  b.  Sept.  24,  182,6 ;  m.  Dec.  5,  1849,  Daniel  M.  May- 

•  hew,  who  d.  July  12,  1875.    They  had  one  dau.,  EUAsMaria,  b. 

Boston,  Aug.  7,  1854,  and  d.  Jan.  17,  1863.    Mrs.  Mayhew 
lives  (1896)  in  Foxboro. 
iii.  Hannah  Robinson,  b.  March  31,  1830;  is  living  (1896)  unm.  in 
Foxboro. 

60.  iv.  Chester  Holbrook,  b.  Feb,  22.  1832. 

61.  V.  John  Franklin,  b.  March  10,  1837. 

vi.  VODiSA  Jane,  b.  Dec.  30,  J842 ;  is  living  (1896)  unm.  in  Boston, 
where  she  is  a  valued  teacher  in  the  Liucolu  Grammar  School. 

25.  Oliver'  Comet  (  Oliver?  John?  David?  John?  David^)  was  born  in 

Foxboro,  Mass.,  Oct.  23,  1787;  and  died  in  Foxboro,  May  3,  1875, 
ae.  87.  He  was  a  farmer  and  married  Feb.  6,  1812,  Keziah,  daugh- 
ter of  Spencer  Leonard,  of  Foxboro,  where  she  died  Oct.  12,  1879, 
ae.  88. 

Children,  all  born  in  Foxboro : 

i.  Louisa,  b.  Jan.  25,  1813;  m.  June  1,  1836,  Addison  Eangsbury» 
and  is  living  (1896)  in  Roslindale  (part  of  Boston). 


c^/Vn 


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ii.  JuNiA  Ann,  b.  March  12,  1815 ;  m.  Nov.  9,  1838,  Addison  P. 

Forrest,  and  d.  in  Foxboro,  May  11,  1882,  ae.  67. 
iii.  Jerusha,  b,  March  24,  1817;  m.  Oct.  19,  1838,  Alfred  Hodges; 

and  is  living  (1896)  in  Foxboro. 
iv.  Martha  Leonard,  b.  Jan.  27,  1820;  d.  unm.  in  Foxboro,  March 

10,  1857. 
V.  Mary,  b.  March  22,  1822 ;  m.  April  21,  1847,  William  Bowers,  of 

Boston,  and  d.  in  Hyde  Park,  Mass.,  Jan.  1,  1870,  ae.  47. 
vl.  Laura  Am.vnda,  b.  Sept.  26,  1836 ;  d.  Sept.  19,  1827. 
62.  vii.  Oliver  Edson,  b.  April  8,  1830. 

viii.  Amanda  Frances,  b.  Aug.  18,  1832;  m.  May  22,  1866,  George 
W.  Haynes,  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  where  she  is  still  (1896)  liv- 
ing. 

26.  Aaron"  Comey  {Oliver*  John*  David,'  John,'  Davids )  was  born  in 
Foxboro,  Mass.,  July  5,  1789;  and  was  killed  in  Milton,  Jan.  6, 
1846  (ae.  56),  by  being  thrown  from  his  carriage  while  on  the  way 
to  Boston.  Buried  in  Foxboro,  where  he  had  always  lived,  a  farmer 
and  trader.  He  married  in  May,  1812,  Charlotte,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Avis  (White)  Skinner,  of  Mansfield,  Mass.  Mrs.  Comey 
was  born  Nov.  5,  1791,  and  died  in  Foxboro,  April  20,  1851. 
Children,  all  born  in  Foxboro: 

i.  Lowell  Fkancis,  b.  Jan.  24,  1814;  d.  Jan.  25,  1815. 
53.  ii.  Aaron  Lowell,  b.  Dec.  10,  1815. 

iii.  Charlotte  Bates,  b.  May  19,  1818;  m.  May  14,  1837,  Albert 
Alden,  and  d.  April  29,  1849.  They  had  five  children:  Char- 
lotte L.,  Albert  H.,  Harriet  E.,  Leslie  and  Arthur  B. 

64.  iv.  William  Skinner,  b.  Sept.  30,  1821. 

V.  Nancy  Maria,  b.  Feb.  11,  1824;  m.  1st,  May  12,  1848,  Elias 
Chilingsworth  Miller,  who  d.  at  Augusta,  Me.,  in  January,  1854. 
She  m.  2d,  May  12, 1858,  Samuel  Dexter  Maybry,  of  Hopkinton, 
who  d.  Jan.  7,  1891.  She  ii  living  (1S96)  in  Foxboro.  One 
child :  Charles  Alliston  Maybry,  b.  Sept.  13, 1862 ;  m.  June  30, 
1892,  Fannie  M.  Soule,  and  lives  in  Middleboro,  Mass. 

vi.  Chloe  Sabrina,  b.  Nov.  10,  1827 ;  m.  June  27,  1852,  Henry  James 
Sawyer,  of  Hopkinton,  Mass.  She  d.  April  4,  1857,  leaving 
two  children.     He  lives  at  Joliet,  III. 

vii.  Elvira  Cordelia,  b.  Aug.  9. 1830 ;  m.  Benjamin  Hartwell  Spauld- 
ing,  of  Milford,  Mass,     She  d.  July  13,  1864.     No  children. 

viii.  ThOiMas  Hayden,  b.  July  30,  1833 ;  d.  Aug.  17,  1834. 

27.  LrsrAN"  Comey  (Oliver,^  John*  David,'  John,^  David})  was  born  in 

Foxboro,  Mass.,  Aug.  6,  1793,  and  died  in  Foxboro,  June  14,  1878, 
ae.  84,  but  lived  several  years  at  Sandwich,  Mass.  He  married 
Nancy  Fisher,  of  Wrentham,  daughter  of  Cyrus  Fisher,  a  Revolu- 
tionary soldier.  She  was  born  Jan.  7,  1794,  and  died  in  April,  1832. 
Children,  i.  and  ii.  born  in  Foxboro,  iii.  to  vi.  in  Sandwich : 

65.  i.  Lyman  Fisher,  b.  Aug.  20,  1814. 

66.  ii.  George  Anson,  b.  April  7,  1817. 

iii.  Hannah,  b.  October,  1821;  m.  at  Peterboro,  N.  II.,  June  25, 

1844,  Alonzo  C.  Bounds,  and  lives  at  Milford,  Mass. 
iv.  Maria,  b.  about  1824;  d.  unm.  at  Foxboro,  Oct.  25,  1849,  ae.  25. 

67.  V.  Albert,  b.  Feb.  24,  1828. 

68.  vi.  WiLLARD,  b.  Dec.  1,  1830. 

28.  WiLLARD*  Comey  (  Oliver,^  John,*  David,*  John,^  David})  was  born 
in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  March  26,  1796,  and  died  in  Foxboro,  April  23, 
1869,  ae.  73.  He  married  first,  P^sther  Boyden,  of  Foxboro,  who 
died  in  1823,  and  he  manied  second,  Celia,  daughter  of  Samuel  aud 


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Sarah  Leonard,  of  Mansfield.  She  died  in  Foxboro,  June  13, 1875, 
ae.  80-5-18. 

Child  of  Willard  and  Esther,  born  in  Foxboro : 

1.  Mary  Esther,  b.  June  29,  1823;  m.  Aug.  29,  1843,  "Warren  G. 
Comey.     (See  page  19) . 

Children  of  Willard  and  Celia: 

i.  Adeline  (twin) ;  d.  ae.  about  8. 
ii.  Albert  (twin)  ;  d.  ae.  about  8. 

29.  Jason'  Comet  ( Oliver*  John*  David,^  John,*  David})  was  born  in 

Foxboro,  Mass.,  Oct.  4, 1800,  and  died  in  Princeton,  Iowa,  Sept.  18, 
1853.  He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  in  Foxboro  all  of  his  life  but  the 
last  five  months.  He  married,  Oct.  8,  1826,  Tryphenia  Daniels, 
who  was  born  in  December,  1802,  at  Foxboro,  where  she  died  Feb. 
29,  1882,  ae.  79. 

Children,  all  born  in  Foxboro : 

i.  Susan  D.,  b,  July  15,  1828;  d.  Aug.  18,  1843. 
69.  ii.  Jason,  b.  Sept.  8,  1831. 

60.  iii.  Joseph,  b.  May  18,  1835. 

30.  Charles*  Comet  {Oliver,^  John*  David,^  John,^ David})  was  bom  in 

Foxboro,  Mass.,  April  8,  1807,  and  is  living  (1896)  in  Kennebunk, 
Me.,  where  he  has  resided  since  about  1890.  Most  of  his  years  have 
been  spent  in  New  Hampshire  as  a  farmer.  He  married,  June  11, 
1835,  Mrs.  Martha  Marden  (nee  Berry),  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  She 
was  born  at  Rye,  N.  H.,  May  1,  1811,  and  is  still  living. 

Children  i.  to  iv.  born  in  Foxboro,  v.  to  vii.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  viii. 
in  Danbury,  N.  H.,  ix.  to  xi.  in  Wilmot,  N.  H.,  xii.  in  Hillsborough, 
N.  H.,  and  xiii.  in  Wilmot: 

i.  Charles  Berry,  b.  May  12,  1836 ;  d.  Feb.  22,  1837. 

61.  ii.  Otis  Williams,  b.  June  19,  1837. 

62.  iii.  Charles  Berry,  b.  Aug.  23,  1839. 

63.  iv.  Henry  Harrison,  b.  Aug.  23,  1841. 

V.  Nathaniel  Warren,  b.  Aug.  18,  1843 ;  d.  Sept.  5,  1843. 

vi.  Martha  Josephine,  b.  Aug.  31,  1844;  d.  Sept.  24,  1846. 

Vii.  James  Edwin,  b.  July  28,  1846 ;  d.  Sept.  29,  1846. 

viii.  JoTHAM  Edwin,  b.  Sept.  12,  1847;  d.  Feb.  27,  1864,  at  Fort 

Nelson,  Ky.,  whither  he  had  gone  in  the  11th  Reg.  N.  H. 

Vols. 
ix.  Martha  Josephine,  b.  Sept.  21,  1849  ;  m.  Nov.  10, 1870,  Warren 

R.  Barney,  of  Wilmot,  N.  H. 
X.  Julia  Maria,  b.  Oct.  17,  1851 ;  m.  Sept.,  1877,  Albert  Wetherbee, 

of  Boston. 
xi.  Jason  Augustine,  b.  June  8,  1854 ;  d.  Nov.  23,  1855. 
xii.  James  Jason,  b.  Jan.  11,  1857 ;  d.  Nov.  26,  1876. 

64.  xiii.  John  Hale,  b.  May  25,  1860. 

31.  Oman'  Comet  [Oliver*  John*  David,' John*  David^)  was  born  in 

Foxboro,  Mass.,  July  31,  1811,  and  died  in   Foxboro,   Nov.  12, 
1895,  ae.  84.     He  was  a  farmer,  and  married  in  November,  1846, 
Susan  Adella  Morse,  born  March  19, 1813,  daughter  of  John  Morse. 
She  died  April  11,  1877,  ae.  64. 
Child,  born  in  Foxboro: 

65.  Lewis  Alvin,  b.  Aug.  2,  1850. 


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Eliza'  Comee  {Ezra^  Joseph^  David*  John^  BcmcP)  was  born  in 
Brighton  (then  a  part  of  Cambridge,  now  a  part  of  Boston),  Mass., 
March  21,  1781,  and  died  in  Dana,  Mass.,  Sept.  30,  1843,  ae.  62. 
She  married  Dec.  29,  1802,  Rev.  Joshua  Flagg  (born  April  21, 
1773;  died  in  Dana,  Nov.  10,  1859,  ae.  86),  a  Universalist  clergy- 
man, who  preached  in  Dana  for  over  sixty  years. 

Children,  Flagg,  i.  born  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  vii.  in  Scituate, 
Mass.,  and  the  others  in  Dana. 

i.  Eliza,  b.  Nov.  11,  1804;  m.  1830,  Asa  Spooner,  and  d.  April  7, 

1840. 
11.  Joshua,  b.  Dec.  31,  1806;  d.  Aug,  16,  1850. 
lii.  Porter,  b.  March  7,  1810;  d.  Dec.  26,  1880. 
iv.  Maria,  b.  Oct.  20,  1812 ;  d.  Nov.  17,  1866. 
V.  Nancy,  b.  Dec.  8,  1816;  d.  Feb.  19,  1887;  m.  Nov.  10,  1836,  her 

cousin  Dennis  F.  Flagg. 
vl.  Lucius,  b.  Jan.  22,  1818 ;  living  (1896)  in  San  Francisco, 
vli.  Alonzo,  b.  Oct.  21,  1820;  m.  Feb.  29,  1844,  Hannah  N.  Babitt, 

and  d.  Dec.  31,  1878. 
viii.  Murray,  b.  July  19,  1825 ;  living  (1896)  in  San  Francisco. 

Susan®  Comee  {Ezra*  Joseph*  David,*  John,'  David})  was  born 
July  19,  1791,  and  died  in  Chelsea,  Mass.,  July  20,  1876,  ae.  85. 
She  married  Barney  Flagg  (born  May  24, 1792;  died  Nov.  6, 1857) 
and  moved  to  Boston. 
Children,  Flagg : 

I.  SoPHRONiA  Ann,  m.  Charles  Partridge. 

II.  Francis  Dennis,  b.  in  Dana,  Jan.  22,  1815 ;  d.  in  Boston,  Oct.  7, 

1884 ;  m.  Nancy  Flagg.     He  wrote  his  name  Dennis  F. 
ill.  Susan  Porter,  m.  Robert  R.  Perkins,  and  had  two  children, 
iv.  Dency,  b.  1820 ;  d.  1822. 
V.  Dency,  b.  1822 ;  d.  1824. 
vi.  Franklin  Briggs,  b.  1824 ;  d.  1847. 

vii.  Harriet  Jane,  b.  1824 ;  m.  Newell  Stanyan,  and  had  two  chil- 
dren. 

82.  Thomas  Wilson*  Comee  {Ezra^  Joseph,*  David,*  John^  David})  was 
born  Jan.  3,  1794,  and  died  in  Boston,  Feb.  5,  1862,  ae.  68.  He 
moved  to  Boston  about  1853,  but  most  of  his  life  was  spent  in  Dana 
(Mass.),  where  he  was  buried.  He  married  in  1817,  Lydia,  born 
Oct.  19,  1801,  daughter  of  Ichabod  Towne,  of  Dana.  She  died  in 
Boston,  March  25,  1885,  ae.  83,  and  was  buried  in  Dana. 

Children,  i.  to  iv.,  vi.  to  viii.  and  xii.  born  in  Dana;  v.,  ix.  to  xi. 
born  in  Petersham,  Mass.: 

66.  i.  Wilson,  b.  Jan.  24,  1819. 

67.  ii.  Charles,  b.  Nov.  2,  1821. 

68.  iii.  Ezra,  b.  Oct.  21,  1823. 

iv.  Maiua,  b.  Nov.  24,  1825 ;  d.  unm.  In  Boston,  May  4,  1893,  ae.  67. 

69.  V.  Franklin,  b.  Dec.  11,  1827. 

vi.  Nancy,  b.  July  17,  1829;  m.  May  1,  1851,  William  S.  Tuttle  (b. 
in  Rowe,  Mass.,  Feb.  19,  1830),  and  is  living  (1896)  in  Boston 
(RoxburyDist.).  They  have  had  three  children :  Lydia  Maria, 
b.  in  Barre,  1853;  William  H.,  b.  in  Lynn,  1867,  d.  1861;  and 
Charles  W.,  b.  1860. 
vii.  Lydia,  b.  Feb.  6,  1832 ;  d.  in  infancy. 

viii.  SoPHRONiA  Partridge,  b.  Jan.  21, 1834 ;  m.  Jan.  5, 1869,  Benja- 
min O.  Woods  (b.  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  Dec.  18, 1830,  and  d. 
May  20,  1873).  She  d.  in  Boston,  Sept.  17,  1877.  No  chil- 
dren. 


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70.  Ix.  DENN18  Plagg,  b.  June  6,  1836. 

71.  X.  James  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  29,  1839. 

xi.  Susan  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  6,  1841 ;  d.  in  Boston,  Aug.  11,  1858. 

72.  xii.  Fkederick  Towne,  b.  Oct.  1,  1846. 

33.  James*  Maltman  Comee  {James  M.*  David* David'  John,'  Davicl^ ) 

was  born  in  Gardner,  Mass.,  May  31,  1809,  and  died  in  Fitchburg, 
Mass.,  Nov.  11,  1893,  ae.  84.  Most  of  his  life  was  spent  in  Fitch- 
burg, where  he  was  a  chair  maker,  though  never  in  business  for 
himself.  He  married  first,  Emily  A.  Nichols,  of  Gardner,  daughter 
of  David  Nichol.8.  She  was  born  July  21,  1809,  and  died  Sept.  29, 
1844.  He  married  second,  April  29,  1847,  Mrs.  Mary  F.  Davis,  of 
New  Ipswich  (born  in  Concord,  Mass.,  July  20,  1820),  daughter  of 
James  and  Seba  Conant,  and  widow  of  Walter  Davis,  of  Fitchburg, 
where  she  is  still  living  (1896). 

Child  of  James  M.  and  Emily,  born  at  Gardner : 

73.  i.  James,  b.  July  2,  1836. 

Child  of  James  M.  and  Mary : 

i.  Webster  Huntley,  b.  May  4,  1856;  d.  Feb.  9,  1883;  m.  May  12, 
1877,  Mary  Dunn,  who  m.  again  July  6,  1884,  William  A.  Pres- 
cott,  and  lives  now  in  Wakefield,  Mass.  They  had  one  son: 
Walter  Huntley  Comee,  b.  Sept.  17,  1877 ;  living  in  Wakefield. 

34.  William  Williams'   Comee    {James  M.^  David*  David*  John^ 

David^)  was  born  in  Gardner,  Mass.,  Aug.  19,  1813,  and  died  July 
22,  1883,  at  the  Point  of  Pines  Hotel,  Revere  Beach  (about  seven 
miles  from  Boston)  whither  he  had  gone  for  his  health.  He" 
moved  from  Gardner  to  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  where  he  was  proprietor  of 
the  American  House  until  1868,  when  he  removed  to  Boston,  where 
he  resided  until  his  death,  except  the  four  years  from  1871  to  1875 
that  he  spent  in  Cambridge,  while  his  son  was  in  college.  He  mar- 
ried Thanksgiving  eve,*  Dec.  2,  1835,  Maria,  daughter  of  Cyrus 
Winship,  of  Westminster  (Mass.),  where  she  was  born  April  13, 
1817.  She  is  living  (1896)  with  her  youngest  son  in  Boston. 
Children,  i.  and  ii.  born  in  Gardner;  iii.  in  Fitchburg: 

74.  i.  William  Porter,  b.  July  17,  1837. 

75.  ii.  Charles  Henry,  b.  Aug.  17,  1840. 

76.  iii.  PitEDERic  Bobbins,  b.  Jan.  2,  1854. 

35.  Leander Porter®  Comee  {James 31.," David* David'  John,' David*) 

was  born  in  Gardner,  Mass.,  Dec.  26,  1819,  and  died  in  Massachu- 
setts General  Hospital,  Boston,  Dec.  9, 1885,  ae.  66,  and  was  buried 
at  Fitchburg  (Mass.),  where  a  great  part  of  his  life  was  spent. 
He  kept  a  dry  goods  store  for  several  years  and  afterwards  dealt  in 
horses.  He  married  Sept.  9,  1845,  Sarah  Louisa  Beckwith,  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  and  Mindwell  (Alexander)  Beckwith.  Mrs.  Comee 
died  in  Fitchburg,  July  30,  1866,  ae.  44-4-10. 
Child: 

i.  Frank  E.,  b.  July  31,  1851;  d.  unm.  in  Boston,  March  25,  1882, 
ffi.  30.    Buried  in  Fitchburg. 

36.  William  Benjamin®  Comee  {Benjamin,*   David,*  David,'  John," 

DavidS)  was  born  in  Henderson,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  11,  1846,  and  is  living 

*  Thanksgiving  was  a  week  later  than  usual  in  1835. 


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(1896)  at  Seymour,  Wis.  In  1855,  he  went  with  his  father  from 
New  York  to  Hebron  in  southern  Wisconsin.  Later  he  moved  to 
Seymour  (Wis.),  where  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Northwestern 
Manufacturing  Company  in  1871  as  Superintendent  of  their  branch 
works.  He  married  in  1867,  Anna  Eliza  Francis,  of  Milwaukee. 
Children : 

i.  Jexnie  W.,  m.  Dr.  J.  H.  Hittner,  of  Seymour,  Wis. 
ii.  Albertis  Benjamin,  a  druggist  in  Chicago, 
iii.  "WiLLiAJi  Clyde. 

37.  Christopher  Columbus'  Comee  {Joseph,^  David*  David,'  John* 

David})  was  born  in  Gardner,  Mass.,  Jan.  28,  1827,  and  is  living 
(1896)  in  Waseka,  Minn.,  where  he  has  resided  for  several  years. 
He  is  an  artist  by  profession.  Oct.  25,  1861,  he  enlisted  as  1st 
Sergeant  in  Co.  G,  94th  Reg.  N.  Y.  Vols.  He  became  1st  Lieu- 
tenant, May  14,  1862,  and  Captain,  Nov.  1,  1862.  He  was  in  the 
battles  of  Cedar  Mountain,  Fredericksburg,  Chancellorsville  and 
Gettysburg.  At  the  latter,  July  1, 1863,  he  was  taken  prisoner  and 
sent  to  Libby  Prison,  where  he  remained  until  exchanged  March  7, 
1864.  He  was  in  Grant's  campaign  against  Lee  for  about  three 
months,  but  at  the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  June  12,  1864,  he  broke 
down  with  fever  and  was  carried  from  the  field.  He  never  fully 
recovered  from  the  hardships  of  the  war.  He  married  Sept.  2, 
1847,  Maroa  Griswold,  daughter  of  Sylvester  Griswold,  of  Adams, 
N.  Y. 

Children,  i.  and  ii.  born  in  Adams,  N.  Y. ;  iii.  and  iv.  in  Ellis- 
burgh,  N.  Y. ;  v.  and  vi.  in  Belleville,  N.  Y. ;  and  vii.  and  viii.  in 
Waseka,  Wis. : 

i.  Emma  Jane,  b.  Nov.  6,  1848 ;  m.  Oct.  17,  1865,  William  Randall, 

and  d.  in  Vivian,  Minn.,  Oct.  27,  1866,  leaving  a  dau.,  Emma, 
ii.  Sylvester  Griswold,  b.  April  27,  1853 ;  m.  1st,  in  Livingston, 
Tenn.,  Margaret  West,  and  2d,  Nov.  25,  1894,  Alice  Rooney. 
No  children.     He  is  a  painter  and  lives  in  Minneapolis,  Minn, 
iii.  Adelaide  Lavera,  b.  May  6, 1855;  m.  Dec.  7, 1881,  John  Ward, 

and  lives  in  Waseka,  Minn, 
iv.  Irene  Mozelle,  b.  Dec.  17,  1857;  unm. ;  lives  with  her  father. 
V.  Florence  Viletta,   b.   Aug.  29,  1860;   unm.;   lives  with  her 

father, 
vi.  Ellen  Miriam,  b.  Jan.  23,  1862;  d.  Jan.  9,  1867. 
vii.  Sarah  Bertha,  b.  July  2,  1866;  unm. ;  lives  with  her  father, 
viii.  Joseph  Frederick,  b.  Oct.  19,  1869;  a  machinist;  lives  unm. 
in  Missouli,  Montana. 

38.  Samuel  Stone*  Comee  {Joseph,*  David* David,'^  John*  David})  was 

born  in  Gardner,  Mass.,  June  17,  1830,  and  is  living  (1896)  in 
Waseka,  Minn.  When  about  seven  years  old  he  went  with  his 
father  from  Massachusetts  to  New  York.  When  a  young  man  he 
returned  to  his  birthplace  for  a  few  years,  but  soon  went  back  to  Ellis- 
burgh,  N.  Y.  Since  1865,  most  of  his  time  has  been  spent  in 
Waseka,  Minn.,  where  he  is  a  fruit  grower.  He  married  May  13, 
1855,  Sarah  W.  Savin,  born  in  Gardner,  July  3,  1836,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Dexter  Sawin. 

Children,  i.  born  in  Ellisburg,  N.  Y. ;  and  ii.  in  Belleville,  N.  Y.: 

i.  Myra  Adelaide,  b.  Sept.  26,  1860;  m.  Sept.  26,  1888,  Rev.  Orrin 

L.  Robinson,  and  lives  in  Baraboo,  Wis. 
ii.  Martha  Josephine,  b.  Oct.  16, 1862;  m.  May  1,  1881,  Charles  E. 

Leslie,  and  lives  in  Hillsboro,  North  Dakota. 


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39.  HiKAM®  COMEY  {Royal,"  Jonathan,^  David^  John^  David}^)  was  born 

July  18,  1806,  ia  Hopkinton  (Mass.),  where  he  always  lived  and 
where  he  died  in  1880.  He  was  a  shoe  maker  and  farmer;  was 
a  selectman  in  1849  and  a  member  of  the  school  committee.  He 
married  in  1832,  Emily  Gibbs,  of  Hopkinton. 

Children,  i.  born  in  HoUiston,  the  others  in  Hopkinton : 

i.  Alphonso,  b.  1833;  never  married ;  enlisted  April  7,  1862,  in  Co. 
B,  25tli  Mass.  Vols.,  saw  heavy  fighting,  and  was  killed  at  Cold 
Harbor,  Va.,  June  3,  1864,  and  buried  in  an  unknown  grave, 
ii.  Emily  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  4,  1835 ;  m.  Seth  Aldrich,  of  Milford, 

and  lives  at  Hopkinton.    They  have  four  children. 

iii.  Lawson,  b.  1837;  m.  1863,  Ursula  Taft,  of  Upton;   enlisted 

Sept.  24,  1862,  in  Co.  H,  42d  Mass.  Vols.,  and  was  killed  on 

the  skirmish  line  at  Brashear  City,  La.,  June  23,  1863,  and 

buried  in  an  unknown  grave. 

iv.  Hannah  Maria,  b.  1838;  m.  Welcome  Temple,  of  Hopkinton, 

who  d.  near  New  Orleans  in  1863.    She  d.  in  1862.    One  son. 
V.  Cellnda,  b.  1842 ;  m.  1863,  her  cousin  George  K.  Comey. 

77.  vi.  James  Knox  Polk,  b.  Feb.  20,  1845. 

vii.  Leslie  Scammell,  b.  Dec.  20,  1847;  d.  April  3,  1849. 
viii.  Martha  Ann,  b.  March  3,  1850;  d.  unm.,  1871. 
Ix.  Abbie  Isabella,  b.  March  5,  1853;  m.  1874,  John  Colburn,  of 
Hopkinton,  and  d.  Jan.  26,  1878,  leaving  two  daughters. 

40.  Albert'  Comey  (Royal,^  Jonathan,* David,^  John*  David})  was  born 

in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  Aug.  3,  1808,  and  died  in  Pawtucket,  R.  I., 
Jan.  28,  1886,  ae.  77.  In  1839  he  went  to  Texas,  which  had  be- 
come independent  four  years  before,  but  was  still  in  an  unsettled 
condition.  The  Indians  at  this  time  were  particularly  uneasy,  so  that 
he  not  only  lost  everything,  but  was  obliged  to  flee  to  the  wilder- 
ness, with  a  few  companions,  and  for  two  years  he  endured  all  sorts  of 
hardships.  At  the  end  of  that  time,  when  he  returned  to  New  Eng- 
land, he  found  that  his  wife  had  died  and  that  his  family  had  been 
broken  up.  In  1850  during  the  "gold  fever"  he  went  to  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  spent  the  next  five  years.  The  remaining  years 
of  his  life  were  spent  in  Pawtucket,  R.  I.  He  married  first,  in 
1831,  Celinda  Barton,  of  Medway,  who  died  April  8,  1840,  and 
second,  in  1843,  Hannah  Walker,  of  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  who  is  still 
living  (1896). 

Children  of  Albert  and  Celinda,  i.  born  in  Medway,  Mass.;  ii. 
and  V.  born  in  Wrentham ;  and  iii.  and  iv.  born  in  Attleboro,  Mass. : 

78.  i.  Albert  Barton,  b.  Feb.  20,  1832. 

79.  ii.  George  Royal,  b.  Feb.  2,  1834. 

iii.  Ann  Eliza,  b.  May  24, 1836 ;  m.  Nov.  6, 1853,  George  W.  Temple, 

of  Hopkinton,  where  she  still  lives, 
iv.  Marietta,  b.  May  5,  1838 ;  m.  Nov.  8,  1860,  Henry  L.  Stearns, 

of  Hopkinton,  where  she  d.  July  13,  1891. 

80.  V.  William  Macher,  b.  Feb.  18,  1840. 

Children  of  Albert  and  Hannah,  born  in  Pawtucket,  R.  I.: 

i.  Charles  Delos,  b.  July  11,  1845 ;  m.  Emma  Scott,  of  Cumber- 
land, R.  I.,  and  lives  in  Pawtucket.    No  children, 
ii.  Frank  Eugene,  b.  May  29,  1848 ;  m.  Ella  A.  Whipple,  of  North 
Providence,  R.  I.,  and  lives  in  Providence,  R.  I.    No  children. 

41.  Elbridge  Gerry*  Comey  {Royal,^  Jonathan,*  David,^  John,*  David^) 

was  born  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  Nov.  21, 1811,  and  died  in  Hopkin- 
ton, April  19,  1868,  ae.  56.    He  was  a  farmer  and  until  about  1843 


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lived  in  Hopkinton,  where  he  was  a  Lieutenant  ia  the  militia. 
Then  for  several  years  he  lived  in  Ilolliston,  manufacturing  horn 
combs  as  well  as  farming.  His  last  years  were  spent  in  Woodville, 
a  village  of  Hopkinton.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
Church.  He  married  Oct.  21,  1831,  Abigail  Jackson,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  and  Ann  (Spring)  Pierce,  of  Hopkinton.  She  died  June 
9,  1893,  ae.  86. 

Children,  i.  to  iv.  born  in  Hopkinton;  v.  and  vi.  born  in  Hollis- 
ton: 

i.  Amanda  Ann,  b.  Dec.  20,  1832 ;  d.  unm.  in  Holllston,  Nov.  10, 

18o6,  86.  24.     Was  educated  in  Mt.  Holyoke  Female  Seminary 

oi    «     .  ^*^  Soutli  Hadley)  which  she  entered  in  1851 :  a  brilliant  scholar. 

81.  ii.  AuATus,  b.  Oct,  27,  1837. 

82,  iii.  Henry  Newton,  b,  March  4,  1840. 

83,  iv.  Manlius,  b.  March  18,  1848. 

V.  Maky  Abby,  b.  Nov.  28,  1845 ;  m.  July  15,  1868,  George  S.  Gib- 
son, of  Hopkinton,  and  lives  (1896)  in  CUnton,  Mass.  They 
have  five  children. 

84.  vi.  Peuley  Pierce,  b.  Jan,  14,  1852. 

42.  Dexter«  Comet  {Royal,^  Jonathan*  David,''  John,^  David})  was  born 
in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  Feb.  21,  1814,  and  died  in  Westboro,  Mass., 
Nov.  8,  1892,  83.  78.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  boot  maker,  and  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  Church.  He  married  Mrs.  Rachel  Barlow, 
but  was  divorced  from  her  and  married  Jan.  18,  1852,  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Lyscomb  Brigham,  of  Hopkinton.  She  died  in  1894. 
Children,  all  born  in  Hopkinton : 

i.  Emma  Eliza,  b.  April  13,  1853 ;   m.  July  31,  1887,  Leonard  V. 

Antonella,  and  lives  (1896)  in  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

ii.  Mary  Albreanna,  b.  May  1,  1854;   m.  Nov.  29,  1873,  Gilbert 

Belcher,  of  Natick,  Mass.,  and  lives  (1896)  in  Westboro,  Mass. 

111.  WnxiAM  Henry,  b.  May  27,  1857 ;  m.  in  1886,  Lilljan  Smith,  of 

Chelsea,  Mass.     She  d.  Feb.  20,  1895,  and  he  m.  2d,  March  4, 

1896,  Mrs.  Alice  L.  Beganson,  of  Chelsea,  and  lives  in  Allston 

(Boston),  Mass. 

43.  Warren  Gardner'  Comey  {Spencer,^  John,^  John*  David^  John^ 

David^)  was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  Sept.  15,  1821,  and  is  living 
(1896)  in  Quincy,  Mass.  About  1846,  or  1847,  he  moved  to  Bos- 
ton, where  he  has  been,  and  still  is,  a  successful  business  man. 
Since  1867  he  has  lived  in  Quincy.  He  married,  Aug.  29,  1843, 
Mary  Esther,  daughter  of  Willard  Comey  (see  page  14).  No 
children. 

44.  Sanford  Erastus'  Comey  {Spencer,'^  John*  John*  David,^  John* 

David^)  was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  March  5,  1826,  and  died  in 
Fall  River,  Oct.  26,  1863,  ae.  37.  He  married  Oct.  14,  1847,  Mary 
Ann  Neal,  who  married  second,  Nov.  3,  1875,  Burgess  S.  Wilcox. 
She  was  born  April  9,  1823,  and  died  Feb.  25,  1891.  The  only 
child  of  Sanford  E.  and  Mary  A.  was  born  in  Foxboro: 

i.  Mary  Angelink,  b.  Sept,  27,  1849;  m.  April  13,  1876,  Joseph 
Hearn,  of  Foxboro,  where  she  d.  July  5,  1890.  They  had  one 
child :    Grace  Sanford  Heam,  b.  Sept.  5,  1879. 

45.  Spenc^  Augustus^  Comet  {Spencer,^  John*  John*  David,*  John,^ 

David")  was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  Aug.  27,  1834,  and  is  living 
(1896)  m  Norwood,  Mass.    March  17,  1856,  he  moved  from  Fox- 


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boro  to  Boston,  where  he  is  still  in  business.  In  October,  1892,  he 
transferred  his  residence  from  Boston  to  Norwood.  He  married  in 
Boston,  Nov.  11,  1863,  Ann  Eliza,  eldest  daughter  of  William  H. 
and  P21iza  (Eaton)  Lawrence,  of  Lexington,  where  she  was  born 
May  30,  1841. 

Children,  all  born  in  Boston,  the  last  four  in  the  part  known  as 
Jamaica  Plain : 

i.  Harry  L.,  b.  June  4, 1867;  d.  in  Lexington,  June  28,  1869. 
il.  Alice  G.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1871;  d.  Oct.  30,  1874. 
iii.  Warren  W.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1875;  d.  Sept.  5,  1876. 
iv.  William  A.,  b.  Dec.  3,  1876. 
V.  A.  LomSE,  b.  Oct.  19,  1878. 

46.  Henry  Thatcher''  Comey  ( Thatcher,^  John^  John*  David,*  John^ 

David})  was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  April  30,  1827,  and  died  in 
Monson,  Mass.,  Sept.  6,  1887,  ae.  60.  Buried  in  Foxboro,  where 
most  of  his  life  was  spent  in  the  bonnet  bleaching  industry.  He 
married  Nov.  3,  1850,  at  Foxboro,  Mary  Richmond  Luther,  who 
was  born  in  Taunton,  Mass.,  March  19,  1829,  and  died  in  Foxboro, 
Nov.  28,  1884,  ae.  55. 

Children,  all  born  in  Foxboro : 

i.  Henrietta  Thompson,  b.  Dec.  16, 1853 ;  m.  June  14, 1876,  William 
Budd  Van  Amringe,  and  lives  (1896)  in  Roxbury  (Boston).   They 
have  had  three  children :     Harry  Sterling,  b.  in  Providence,  R.  I., 
July  4,  1877;  d.  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  April  1,  1884.     Robert 
Comey,  b.  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  June  22, 1882.    William  Martin, 
b.  in  Hyde  Park,  Mass.,  Oct.  5,  1884. 
85.  ii.  Robert  Henry,  b,  Nov.  26,  1857;   m.  April  26,  1884,  Theresa 
Pierce  Mellor. 
iii.  Walter  Richmond,  b.  April  12,  1866;  m.  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
Dec.  29,  1888,  Laura  Munsey,  and  d.  at  Roxbury  (Boston), 
Mass.,  Sept.  22,  1894,  ae.  28.    No  children.    Mrs.  Comey  has 
returned  to  California. 

47.  James  Allen''  Comey  ( Thatcher,^  John,"  John,*  David?  John^  David}) 

was  born  March  22,  1831,  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  where  he  still  lives. 
He  married  F'eb.  27, 1853,  Susan  Samantha  Carpenter,  of  Foxboro, 
born  March  11,  1832. 

Children,  all  born  in  Foxboro : 

i.  Emma  Richmond,  b.  Nov.  20,  1853;  m.  Dec.  29,  1874,  Abbott  S. 
Smith,  of  West  Gardiner,  Me.    They  have  one  child:    Allen 
Lincoln  Smith,  b.  Sept.  14,  1875. 
ii.  Ezra  Carpenter,  b.  April  21,  1860;  m.  Laura  E.  Felt,  of  Sharon, 
Mass.    He  is  an  attorney  and  councillor  at  law  in  Foxboro. 
Has  one  son,  Lawrence  Allen  Comey,  b.  May  19, 1881. 
iii.  James  Thompson,  b.  May  20,  1861 ;  unm.,  lives  in  Foxboro. 
iv.  Hermann  Allen,  b.  Nov.  26,  1867;  m.  Feb.  14,  1889,  Katie  E. 
Rowell,  of  CornviUe,  Me.,  and  lives  (1896)  in  Charlestown, 
Mass. 

48.  Elbridge  Carpenter''  Comey  ( Thatcher,^  John,*  John,* David,*  John,* 

David^)  was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  Sept.  23,  1836,  and  lives 
(1896)  in  Somerville,  Mass.  When  he  was  seventeen  years  old 
he  left  Foxboro  and  went  to  Boston  to  work.  Three  years  later, 
in  1856,  he  entered  the  employ  of  W.  K.  Lewis  &  Bros.,  deal- 
ers in  pickles,  preserves,  etc.,  93  Broad  Street,  Boston,  and  since 
1866  has  been  a  member  of  the  firm,  which  has  an  extensive  trade. 


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About  the  same  time  he  transferred  his  place  of  residence  from 
Boston  to  Quincy,  where  he  remained  a  dozen  years.  Since  about 
1878  he  has  lived  in  Somerville.  Mr.  Comey  is  a  substantial  busi- 
ness man  and  has  also  been  much  interested  in  the  compilation  of 
the  Comey  genealogy,  and  has  rendered  valuable  assistance.  He 
married,  May  17,  1860,  Josephine  Louisa  Messinger,  who  was  born 
in  Walpole,  Mass.,  Jan.  25,  1835. 

Their  only  child  was  born  in  Boston : 

86.  i.  Arthur  Messinger,  b.  Nov.  10,  1861. 

49.     George  Preston''  Comet  {John,^  John,^  John*  David,^  John^  David})    ^OcJIjoC^c 
was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  March  30,  1825,  and  Uves  (1896)  iu  O 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  left  Foxboro,  and 
for  two  or  three  years  worked  in  Boston,  removing  thence  to  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  where  he  has  ever  since  been  engaged  in  the  straw  goods 
business,  which  under  his  able  management  has  assumed  large  pro- 
portions. He  is  much  interested  in  church  work  and  has  been  for 
several  years  Trustee  and  Deacon  of  the  Strong  PI.  Baptist  Church. 
He  married,  Oct.  15,  1848,  Clara  A.  Dean,  of  Rehoholh.  JOi&ACiuUjr^  ^i^^' 
Children,  i.  born  in  Foxboro ;  ii.  to  iv.  born  in  Brooklyn :  f^^r-px.  ^ 

i.  Laura  Judson,  b.  July  24,  1852 ;  lives  unm.  (1896)  in  Brooklyn. 

ii.  Emma  Frances,  b.  Oct.  8,  1854 ;  m.  July  10,  1884,  Rev.  Daniel  J. 
Ellison,  now  (1896)  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Churcli  of 
Indianapolis,  Ind.     They  have  two  cliildren  :    Willie  Hugh,  b.  9 

in  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  May  8,  1885.    Emma  Comey,  b.  in  Brook-  *    *J  i  ' 

lyn,  N.  Y„  Oct.  3,  1886.  «  QjJ^^^ 

87.  iii.  George  Preston  Jr.,  b.  April  21,  1858.  Vf^^  iqQ  f 

iv.  Annie  Myers,  b.  July  24,  1860;  ra.  April  14,  1881,  John  J.  Batef     y^-  ' 

and  live  in  Westwood,  N.  J.     They  have  four  children :    Alice r^  m^  ^r'TSc 
Louise,  b.  in  Paskack,  N.  J.,  Jan.  21,  1882.     Edith  Adele,  b.  in     rjij:^^  ^.  /9 
Paskack,  N.  J.,  May  2,  1884.    Daisy  Dean,  b.  in  Paskack,  N.  J., 
March  28,  1887.    Arthur  Comey,  b.  in  Westwood,  N.  J.  -p* 

50.     Chester  Holbrook^  Comey  {John^  John,^  John*  David,^  John^       /  « 

David^)  was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  Feb.  22,  1832,  and  died  in       "^^^^'^  ci, 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  March  31,  1881,  £e.  49.     In  1853  he  graduated       /Q 
from  the  Bridgewater  Normal  School  with  honors,  and  for  several         ^'^^«:'^ 
years  taught  *school  with  marked  success  in   Foxboro,  Kingston,  ^        '^' 

South  Dedham  (now  Norwood),  Arlington  and  Boston  (Mass.). 
In  the  latter  he  was  sub-master  of  the  Dwight  Grammar  School. 
His  later  years  were  devoted  to  the  insurance  business,  though 
he  always  retained  his  interest  in  educational  and  religious  work; 
was  church  trustee  and  deacon  in  Cambridge.  He  married  Aug.  27, 
1855,  Sarah  Dyer  Rich,  daughter  of  Capt.  Philip  S.  Rich,  of 
Provincetown,  Mass.: 

Children,  i.  born  in  Foxboro;  ii.  in  Dedham;  iii.  in  Norwood; 
and  iv.  in  Cambridge : 

88.  1.  Charles  Rich,  b.  July  21,  1856. 

ii.  Frank  Holbrook,  b.  May  25,  1859 ;  d.  Sept.  14,  1859. 

iii.  Louisa  G.,  b.  April  2,  1862;  d.  Sept.  1,  1867. 

iv.  Philip  Robinson,  b.  Nov.  2,  1871 ;  d.  Sept.  29,  1872. 

51.  John  Franklin^  Comet  (John*  John!^  John* David,^  John^ David}) 
was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  March  10,  1837,  and  lives  (1896)  in 
New  York  city  (f4^  W.  54th  St.).     Educated  at  Pierce  Academy, 


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Middleboro,  Mass.  In  1855  he  went  to  work  in  the  New  York 
salesroom  of  John  W.  Rogers,  of  Mansfield,  Mass.,  straw  goods 
manufacturer.  When  Mr.  Rcgers  retired  he  went  into  the  firm. 
Ten  years  later  Mr.  Comey  became  sole  owner.  Since  then  Mr. 
Rogers  has  gone  back  into  the  firm  again.  He  lived  eleven  years 
in  Brooklyn,  since  then  in  New  York  city.  He  is  a  Trustee  and  a 
Deacon  of  the  Fifth  Avenue  Baptist  Church,  Member  of  Board  of 
Managers  of  the  International  Medical  Missionary  Society,  Trustee 
of  the  Southern  New  York  Baptist  Association,  Treasurer  of  the 
American  Bible  Union,  and  Trustee  and  Treasurer  of  the  Mt.  Olivet 
Baptist  Church  (colored).  He  married,  Dec.  26,  1859,  Hattie 
Grover. 

Children,  i.  born  in  Brooklyn ;  ii.  and  iii.  in  Foxboro ;  iv.  in  New 
York  city : 

i.  Carrie  Robinson,  b.  March  5,  1865;  d.  May  21,  1866. 

ii.  Harriet  Barrows,  b.  Jan.  11,  1868;  m.  Sept.  16, 1886,  CharlesG. 

Judson.    They  have  two  daughters :    Marguerite  E.  Judson,  b. 

March  13,  1892,  and  Sylvia  Judson,  b.  June  10,  1895. 
iii.  Bessie  Frances,  b.  Dec.  15, 1870 ;  m.  June  2,  1896,  Jas.  B.  Harris, 
iv.  John  Winthrop,  b.  April  6,  1877 ;  is  in  the  Class  of  '98,  Brown 

University. 

52.  Oliveb Edson'  Comet  ( Oliver,^ Oliver,^  John*  David,^  John," David}) 

was  born  April  8,  1830,  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  where  he  still  (1896) 
lives.  He  was  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  for  more  than  twenty 
years,  but  retired  several  years  ago  on  account  of  poor  health.  He 
married  first,  in  July,  1852,  Harriet  Anderson,  who  died  Dec.  19, 
1864.  He  married  second,' Jan.  28, 1866,  Lucinda  Frances  Wood, 
who  is  still  living. 

Child  of  Oliver  E.  and  Harriet,  born  in  Foxboro : 

i.  LUELLA  Augusta,  b.  Sept.  20,  1858 ;  m.  1st,  Aug.  20, 1883,  William 
S.  Whiting,  who  d.  Oct.  23,  1886.  She  m.  2d,  Dec.  11,  1889, 
Byron  T.  Roscoe,  and  they  live  at  East  Greenwich,  R.  I. 

Child  of  Oliver  E.  and  Lucinda,  born  in  Foxboro : 

i.  Dana  Wood,  b.  July  12,  1874;  d.  Jan.  1,  1876. 

53.  Aaron  Lowell''  Comet  (Aaron,'  Oliver,^  John*David^  John?  David}  ) 

was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  Dec.  10,  1815,  and  died  in  Ortonville, 
Minn.,  July  10,  1880,  ae.  64,  unmarried.  He  went  West  in  1856 
and  was  a  prosperous  farmer.  July  20,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany C,  Sixth  Regiment  Minnesota  Infantry,  and  served  until  the 
end  of  the  war. 

54.  William  Skinner''  Comet  (Aaron,^  Oliver,^  John,*  David,'  John,* 

David})  was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  Sept.  80, 1821,  and  died  in  Forge 
Village,  Mass.,  April  28,  1891,  aj.  69.  He  kept  a  meat  market  in 
Forge  Village,  in  the  town  of  Westford,*  Middlesex  Co.  He  mar- 
ried in  1845  Almira  Hayden,  of  Westford,  daughter  of  Luther 
Hayden  of  Groton.     She  died  in  Westford,  Feb.  27,  1894. 

Children,  i.  born  in  Bedford,  Mass. ;  ii.  in  Foxboro ;  the  others  in 
Westford : 

89.  i.  William  Wallace,  b.  March  4,  1846. 

ii.  Arba  Hayden,  b.  May  29,  1847;  d.  Sept.  6,  1847. 

•  Westford  was  set  oflf  from  Chelmsford  in  1729. 


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iii.  Ei>wm  RiTTHVEN,  b.  Jan.  16,  1849;  m.  Maria  Bruso,  of  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  1892.  ^uuoiu, 

iv.  N^CY  Makia  b.  July  23,  1850;  m.  Oct.  1,  1876,  Wilford  G. 
Blodgett,  and  lives  (1896)  in  GranitevUle,  a  village  of  West- 

V.  Sarah  Frances,  b.  March  16,  1852:  d.  Auff.  11.  1862. 
vi.  Ellen  Cordelia,  b.  May  12,  1853 

""•  "Yn'w^rc'elte';,  MYsf '  ^«^^ ^  -' '^^-- B.  Lee.  andUves  (1896) 
viii.  Arthur  Eugene,  b.  Oct.  26,  1857;  d.  in  infancy. 

^n  L^ons^'N  Y*°*  ^^'  ^^^^'  m.  Joseph  Bruso,  and  lives  (1896) 

X.  Clara  Porter  b.  June  28,  1861 ;  m.  Nov.  25,  1891,    George  F. 

Carkin,  and  lives  (1896)  in  GranitevUle.  "<=uig«  j;. 

^'  ^  MXI^r'!?^ ""'  i  ^f  ;J'  ^^^2;  m.  Oct.  14,  1894,  Susannah 
Mellor,  and  has  Hazel  May,  b.  April  3,  1895.  They  Uve  in 
±  orge  Village. 

xil.  Emma  Frances,  b.  March  20,  1865 ;  lives  unm.  in  Graniteville. 

55.     Lyman  Fisher^  Comet mman,' Oliver,' John* David,' John 'David' ) 
was  born  m  Foxboro,  Mass.,  Aug.  20,  1814,  and  died  in  Foxboro, 
October,  1867,  ae.  53.     Much  of  his  youth  was  spent  in  Sandwich, 
Mass.     When  he  was  eighteen  he  went  to  sea.     Returning  he  located 
i'Lo/S*'''°.'  '^^^'^  ^®  ^^^  ^  «'°"«  c""er.     He  married  first,  about 
18d6,  Harriet  L.  Skinner,  of  Mansfield.     She  died  May  17,  1842 
and  he  married  second,  in  1845,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Laban  Walden 
of  Mendon,  a  lady  of  Quaker  stock,  who  still  lives  in  Foxboro. 
Children  of  Lyman  F.  and  Harriet,  all  born  in  Foxboro: 
i.  Harr^t  Elizabeth,  b  March  23,  1838;  m.  1st,  in  1855,  Cilecius 
a896)TFSro!        '  ^""^  ^^' '°  ^^^^'  '^""^^^^  ^^^^    ^^^  ^'^^^ 
"•  ^t^^J'''  WESTLEY,*b.  Jan.  13,  1840;   d.  in  Foxboro,  Feb.  14, 
1863;  m  Louise  Spinney,  of  Maine,  and  saw  service  in  11th 
Maine  Vols,  in  Civil  War. 
iii.  Erastus  Fisher,  b.  May  12,  1842;  was  adopted  by  an  nncle 
named  Williams,  and  lives  (1896)  in  Providence,  K.  I.    He  m 
Grace  Murray,  of  Taunton. 

Children  of  Lyman  F.  and  Lydia,  all  born  in  Foxboro,  except  iv. 
who  was  born  in  Wrentham: 

i.  Lewis  Edgar,  b.  1847;   lives  unm.  in  Attleboro  (?),    Enlisted 

July  17,  1864,  for  100  days  in  Co.  B.  6th  Mass  Vols, 
ii.  Olive  E.,  b.  1849;  d.  1851. 

iii.  James  Albert,  b.  1852;  m.  Aug.  17,  1879,  Ida  Pine,  of  Wren- 
Jtl^'  ^°'^r^^^^f  V^  ^°  Connecticut.  They  have  three  chU- 
i^^  \  i\  Ch*""^^^  "^"'■y-  b-  March  26,  1880.    2.  Lewis  Edgar 

.  b.  Oct.  21,  1882.    3.  Earle  Francis,  b.  July  21    1888 

IV.  Martha  Jane,  b.  1854;  m.  Thomas  Boyd,  and  d.  May  2,  1893 

V.  Frank  ALLEN,  b.  1856;  d.  1890;  ra.  Carrie  Pierce,  aJd  had  one 

daughter  Alice  b.  April  21,  1880.    His  widow  m.  a  Mr.  Adams! 
of  Sherborn,  Mass.  wc»iuo, 

56.     George  Anson^  Comet  (Lyman,'    Oliver,'  John,*  David,'  John,* 
David  )  was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  April  7,  1817,  and  lives  (1896) 
in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  where  he  has  resided  since  1875.     He  married 
Nov.  26,  1840,  Lydia  Fisher  Morse,  born  in  Foxboro,  Dec.  21,  1818 
daughter  of  John  Morse.     Was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  ' 

Children,  all  born  in  Foxboro : 

i.  Sarah  Ann    b.  Feb  2,  1843;  m.  Nov.  27,  1868,  Joseph  W.  Bel- 
Cher,  and  lives  in  Cambridge,  Mass.  i*"  »» •  ^ei 


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il.  George  Anson,  b.  Sept.  9,  1844 ;  d.  July  9,  1847. 

90.  ili.  Charles  Melvin,  b.  Sept.  11,  1846. 

iv.  George  Otis,  b.  Nov.  17, 1848 ;  lives  (1896)  la  Cambridge,  Mass. 

91.  V.  William  Alnarado,  b.  Nov.  12,  1850. 

vi.  Mary  Alv^ena,  b.  Jan.  18,  1854;  d.  Aug.  20,  1855. 

vii.  Mary  Emma,  b.  Jan.  8,  1856;  lives  unm.  in  Boston,  Mass. 

viil.  Ella  Maria,  b.  May  18,  1858 ;  d.  Aug.  13,  1858. 

57.  Albert^  Comet  [Lyman^   Oliver,^  John*  David,'  John^  David,^) 

was  born  in  Sandwich,  Mass.,  Feb.  24,  1828,  and  lives  (1896)  in 
Akron,  Ohio.  His  mother  dying  when  he  was  four  years  old,  he 
with  his  oldest  sister  went  to  live  with  his  grand-parents  and  later 
with  his  uncle.  He  went  to  work  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  After 
two  years  spent  in  Canton,  Mass.,  he  went  into  the  B.  &  P.  R.  R. 
repair  shops  at  Roxbury  and  there  learned  the  machinists*  trade. 
Thence  he  went  to  New  London,  Conn.,  as  a  locomotive  engineer. 
After  about  eleven  years  spent  in  this  occupation  he  returned  to  the 
machinists'  trade  and  moved,  in  March,  1858,  to  Ohio.  Since  about 
1870  he  has  been  connected  with  the  Buckeye  Co.  (Aultman  Miller 
Co.)  at  Akron,  O. 

He  married,  Oct.  19,  1851,  Mary  Ann  Brayinton,  of  Tariffville, 
Ct.  She  was  born  in  England,  Oct.  11,  1829,  daughter  of  William 
Brayinton. 

Children,  i.  born  in  Jamaica,  L.  I.,  ii.  born  in  Bridgeport,  Ct.,  iii. 
to  v.  born  in  Cuyahoga  Falls,  Ohio: 

i.  Charles  Lyman,  b.  Nov.  15,  1852;  m.  Alice  M.  Stowell,  and  has 
one  son,  Arthur  M.,  b.  July  5,  1877.  They  have  lived  in  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.,  since  1890. 

ii.  Catherine  Hannah,  b.  May  11,  1854;  m.  Charles  H.  Myers,  and 
lives  in  Akron,  O.     They  have  one  son. 

92.  iii.  George  Brayinton,  b.  April  2,  1859. 

93.  iv.  Willard,  b.  March  16,  1863. 

V.  Frank  Irving,  b.  Dec.  19,  1868;  lives  unm.  in  Cleveland,  0., 
where  he  is  in  the  employ  of  Comey  &  Johnson. 

58.  Willard^  Comey  {Lyman,^  Oliver,^  John,*  David^  John^  David}) 

was  born  in  Sandwich,  Mass.,  Dec.  1,  1830,  and  lives  (1896)  in  Wren- 
tham,  Mass.  His  mother  died  while  he  was  yet  in  infancy,  and 
he  was  brought  up  by  his  grandfather  Cyrus  Fisher,  of  Wrentham. 
At  the  age  of  ten  he  went  back  to  Foxboro,  where  he  remained 
four  years,  after  which  he  went  to  live  with  his  sister  in  Upton  (Mass.), 
where  he  remained  until  1848,  learning  the  boot  maker's  trade. 
From  Upton  he  went  West  for  a  couple  of  years,  living  in  Cincin- 
nati and  Louisville.  Returning,  he  lived  in  Hartford  and  New 
Haven,  Ct.,  for  nine  months  and  then  gravitated  back  to  Upton, 
where  he  remained  several  years,  working  in  the  straw  business.  The 
five  next  years  were  divided  between  Worcester  and  South  Framing- 
ham,  Mass.,  and  Woonsocket  Falls,  R.  L  In  August,  1862,  he 
enlisted  in  the  Ist  R.  L  Cavalry  and  served  until  the  close  of  the 
war.  He  was  a  prisoner  in  Libby  and  Belle  Isle,  and  upon  his 
exchange  in  1864  was  so  disabled  that  he  was  transferred  to  the 
Veteran  Reserve  Corps.  In  1865  he  returned  to  Massachusetts, 
and  for  three  years  was  in  the  straw  manufacturing  firm  of  Smalley 
&  Comey.  After  1868  he  became  interested  in  various  inventions 
and  has  patented  in  his  own  name  over  twenty  articles  and  machines. 
Since  disposing  of  his  business  in  Westboro  in  1889  he  has  lived  in 
Wrentham. 


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He  married  first,  Oct.  1,  1851,  Esther  E.,  daughter  of  Lewis 
Rockwood,  of  Upton,  Mass.  She  died  in  Upton,  Aug.  11,  1857, 
ae.  24,  and  he  married  second,  Oct.  1,  1867,  Velzora,  daughter  of 
Sidney  L.  Turner,  of  Westboro,  Mass.  She  was  born  in  Portland, 
Me.,  Sept.  3, 1833,  and  died  in  the  hosiptal  at  Boston,  July  18, 1889. 

Child  of  Willard  and  Esther,  born  in  Upton : 

I.  Frank  Lewis,  b.  June  27,  1857 ;  followed  the  sea  after  he  was 
eighteen,  became  an  officer  in  the  whaling  vessel  "Vigilant" 
of  New  Bedford  and  was  lost,  with  all  on  board,  during  the 
winter  of  1879-80,  in  the  Arctic  Ocean. 

Child  of  Willard  and  Velzora,  born  in  Westboro : 

i.  Edward  Oliver,  b.  Aug.  15, 1871 ;  in  1892  entered  the  employ  of 
the  Adams  Express  Company  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  where  he 
still  remains.  He  m.  Sept.  28,  1893,  Alice  Ophelia,  dau.  of 
Leander  M.  Howland,  of  Whitinsville,  Mass.  They  have  a  son, 
Willard  Howland  Comey,  b.  March  5,  1895. 

59.  Jason'  Comet  {Jason,^  Oliver,^  John*  David,''  John^  David})  was 

born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  Sept.  8,  1831,  and  lives  (1896)  in  Fran- 
conia,  N.  H.,  where  he  has  a  farm.  He  married  Feb.  18,  1854, 
Julia  A.  Aldrich,  of  Dalton,  N.  H. 

Child  of  Jason  and  Julia,  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass. : 

i.  Julia  M.,  b.  Oct.  31,  1858;  m.  April  25,  1882,  Adelbert  Jessman, 
of  Lisbon,  N.  H.    No  children. 

60.  Joseph''  Comet  (Jason,^  Oliver*  John*  David,'  John,^  David})  was 

born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  May  18,  1835,  and  still  resides  in  Fox- 
boro, where  he  is  a  farmer.  He  married  first,  Dec.  21,  1858, 
Lucretia  Aldrich,  of  Dalton,  N.  H.,  a  sister  of  his  brother's  wife. 
She  died  April  28,  1861,  and  he  married  second,  Oct.  6, 1869,  Ellen 
F.  Blake,  of  Wrentham,  Mass. 

Child  of  Jason  and  Lucretia,  born  in  Foxboro : 

i.  Joseph  H.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1860;  lives  unm.  in  Foxboro,  a  farmer;  he 
is  deaf  and  dumb,  the  result  of  scarlet  fever. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Ellen  F.,  born  in  Foxboro : 

i.  Charlotte  Ellen,  b.  Sept.  12,  1870;  m.  Aug.  27,  1892,  at  Mans- 
field, Mass.,  to  Albert  Edward  Hanscom,  of  Machias,  Me. 
ii.  Anna  Florence,  b.  March  28,  1876. 

61.  Otis  Williams'  Comet  ( Charles,^  Oliver,^  John,*  David,'  John,' 

David})  was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  June  19,  1837,  and  was  killed 
in  front  of  Richmond,  Va.,  Oct.  2,  1864,  ae.  27.  He  enlisted  in 
Co.  E,  10th  N.  H.  Vols.  Before  the  war  he  was  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. He  married  in  June,  1859,  Rebecca  Olive  Johnson,  who  died 
Feb.  22,  1864. 

Children,  born  in  Wilmot,  N.  H. : 

i.  Warren  Otis,  b.  Feb.  15,  1860;  is  a  shoemaker;  lives  unm.  in 

Raymond,  N.  H. 
ii.  Clara  Esther,  b.  April  19,  1862;  m.  April  13,  1880,  John  H. 

Keyser  (b.  Feb.  14.  1851),  of  North  Sutton,  N.  H.,  where  they 

stiU  live. 

62.  Charles  Berrt'  Comet  ( Charles,*  Oliver,^  John,*  David,'  John,' 

David})  was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  Aug.  23,  1839,  and  lives 


(1896)  in  Monroe  City,  Iowa,  a  farmer  by  occupation.  He  enlisted 
in  August,  1861,  in  Co.  A  of  the  famous  "  fighting  Fifth"  Regiment, 
New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  in  which  he  served  three  years,  being 
severely  wounded  at  Gettysburg.  He  married  in  June,  1866,  Irene 
W.  Tenney,  who  was  born  Feb.  5,  1838. 
Children : 

i.  Cora  B.,  b.  March  13,  1866. 

ii.  Charles  E.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1868;  d.  Aug.  29,  1869. 

iii.  Grace  E.,  b.  July  28,  1871 ;  d.  Oct.  1,  1873. 

iv.  Charles,  b.  July  26,  1874. 

V.  Minnie  M.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1877. 

vl.  Myrtle  I.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1878. 

63.  Henrt  Harrison^  Comet  ( Charles,^  Oliver,^  John*  David,^  John^ 

David})  was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  Aug.  23,  1841,  and  lives 
(1896)  in  the  part  of  Boston  formerly  Dorchester.  In  August, 
1861,  he  enlisted  with  his  brother  in  Co.  A,  5th  N.  H.  Vols.,  serv- 
ing for  a  year.  He  was  at  the  siege  and  capture  of  Yorktown,  Va., 
and  on  the  Peninsula  with  McLellan  until  July  5,  1862,  when  he 
was  sent  to  David's  Island,  N.  Y.,  sick  with  typhoid  fever.  Since 
1863  he  has  resided  in  Boston,  and  since  May  1,  1877,  has  been  in 
the  custom  house,  where  he  is  an  inspector.  He  married  June  25, 
1874,  Caroline  Elizabeth  Derby  (born  July  23,  1843),  of  Boston. 
Children,  all  born  in  Boston : 

1.  Charles  Henry,  b.  Nov,  8,  1875. 
ii.  Ellen  Maria,  b.  Oct.  17,  1877. 
iii.  Herbert  Derby,  b.  Nov.  5,  1884. 

64.  John  Hale"'  Comey  {Charles,^  Oliver,^  John*  David,^  John,*  David}) 

was  born  in  Wilmot,  N.  H.,  May  25,  1860,  and  lives  (1896)  in 
Melrose,  Mass.,  where  he  has  resided  since  May  15,  1886.  He 
learned  the  tailor's  trimmings  business  in  Boston  with  N.  W.  God- 
dard,  with  whom  he  was  connected  from  Sept.  6,  1880,  to  Jan.  1, 
1888,  since  which  time  he  has  been  with  Cumner,  Jones  &  Co., 
Boston,  in  the  same  business.  He  is  now  a  travelling  salesman.  He 
married,  Nov.  26, 1885,  Isabella  Hunter  McKay,  daughter  of  Donald 
A.  McKay. 

Children,  all  born  in  Melrose: 

i.  Henry  Cheevkr,  b.  Jan.  9,  1887. 

ii.  Nettie  May,  b.  June  6,  1889 ;  d.  June  13,  1889. 

iii.  John  Odlin,  b.  May  18,  1890;  d.  Jan.  8,  1894. 

iv.  Francis  Wilson,  b.  April  16,  1892. 

V.  Mildred,  b.  Jan.  1,  1895. 

65.  Lewis  Alvin''  Comet  ( Oman^  Oliver^  John* David,'  John,^ David}) 

was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  Aug.  2,  1850,  and  still  lives  there. 
He  married,  June  20,  1872,  Ella  M.  Briggs,  of  Mansfield,  Mass. 
Children,  all  born  in  Foxboro : 

i.  Lewis  Edward,  b.  April  13,  1874;  d.  Dec.  31,  1883. 
ii.  Ida  Isabelle,  b.  Nov.  19,  1875 ;  d.  Nov.  8,  1878. 
iii.  Cora  Josephine,  b.  Feb.  17,  1877 ;  m.  James  Everett  Campbell, 
of  Mansfield,  and  has  one  dau.,  Mildred  Olive,  b.  June  9, 1894. 
iv.  Herbert  Augustus,  b.  June  9,  1879. 
v.  Walter  Lawrence,  b.  Sept.  17,  1881 ;  d.  March  2,  1893. 
vi.  Eva  May,  b.  May  4,  1885. 
vii.  Bernard  Everett,  b.  Dec.  30,  1893. 


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66.  Wilson^  Comee  {Thomas  W.,*  Ezra,"  Joseph* David?  John^  David}) 

was  born  in  Dana,  Mass.,  Jan.  23,  1819,  and  died  in  Boston,  Mass., 
Aug.  5,  1860,  ae.  41.     Buried  in  Dana.     He  moved  to  Boston  in 
1848  and  was  engaged  in  the  grocery  business.     He  married,  Sept. 
28,  1841,  Maria  Sibley,  of  Dana,  who  was  born  July  14,  1822. 
Children,  i.  to  iii.  born  in  Dana,  iv.  to  vi.  in  Boston : 

i.  Anson  Sibley,  b.  Oct.  19,  1842;  d.  in  Boston,  Sept.  28,  1892, 
ae.  50.    He  m.  in  Boston,  March  8,  1881,  Annie  Cruther,  who 
was  b.  March  22,  1855.     No  children. 
94.  ii.  Edward  Wilson,  b.  June  29,  1844. 

iii.  Cordelia  Woodward,  b.  April  3,  1848 ;  d.  Aug.  30,  1851. 
iv.  George  Frank,  b.  Feb.  10,  1851;  d.  in  Barre,  Mass.,  March 
12,  1895.     He  m.  in  Barre,  Nov.  27,  1883,  Anna  Maria  Barrett, 
b.  in  Barre,  Sept.  23,  1858.     No  children. 
V.  Mary  Ann,  b.  Aug.  12,  1853 ;  d.  in  Boston,  Jan.  9,  1856. 
vl.  Walter  Hobart,  b.  Sept.  15,  1855 ;  d.  April  1,  1856. 

67.  Charles^  Comee  ( Thomas  W.,^  Ezra!!'  Joseph,*'  David,^  John?  David}) 

was  born  in  Dana,  Mass.,  Nov.  2, 1821,  and  lives  (1896)  in  West 
Somerville,  Mass.  He  moved  to  Boston  from  Dana  in  1848.  He 
married,  Nov.  26,  1843,  Samantha  G.  Richardson,  born  in  Dana, 
Oct.  6,  1823. 

Children,  i.  born  in  Dana,  ii.  in  Boston,  iii.  in  Chelsea,  Mass. : 

i.  Edgar  Frank,  b.  Feb.  15,  1849 ;  m.  Sept.  9,  1879,  Marion  Alice 
Garcelon,  b.  in  Frederickton,  N.  B.,  Aug.  2,  1859.  They  live  in 
Somerville,  where  they  have  had  born  two  children:  Roy 
Eliot,  b.  Feb.  1,  1882,  and  Edgar  Randolph,  b.  July  6,  1893. 

ii.  Charles  Albert,  b.  March  20,  1858;  d.  June  3,  1858. 

iii.  Lillian  May,  b.  March  12,  1866. 

68.  EzRA^  Comee  {Thomas   W.,^  Ezra,"  Joseph,*  David,'^  John,^  David}) 

was  born  Oct.  21,  1823,  in  Dana,  Mass.,  where  he  still  lives.  He 
still  owns  the  farm  where  his  mother  was  born,  but  for  a  few  years 
has  kept  a  store  at  the  town  centre.  He  married,  Nov.  10,  1844, 
Arbelia  Whipple,  born  in  Dana,  April  11,  1822,  and  died  in  Dana, 
Nov.  6,  1894. 

One  child,  born  in  Dana : 

i.  Eugene  Theron,  b.  July  6,  1850;  m.  Feb.  10,  1877,  Mary  Etta 
Towne,  by  whom  he  has  one  child,  Ethel,  b.  in  Greenwich, 
Mass.,  Aug,  5, 1882.    He  is  in  business  with  his  father  at  Dana. 

69.  Franklin^  Comee   {Thomas    W.,^  Ezra,"  Joseph,*  David?  John? 

David^)  was  born  in  Petersham,  Mass.,  Dec.  11,  1827,  and  lives 
(1896)  in  Brighton,  Boston,  Mass.,  where  he  is  a  paper  hanger.     He 
moved  to  Boston  about  1853.     He  married,  Nov.  28,  1849,  Lucinda 
Rockwood,  born  in  Dana,  Aug.  16,  1831. 
Children,  both  born  in  Boston  : 

i.  Frank  Herbert,  b.  April  26,  1858;  m.  at  South  Framingham, 
Mass.,  Feb.  16,  1881,  Lillian  A.  Stewart,  and  lives  (1896)  in 
Boston. 

Ji.  Marion  Louise,  b.  Dec.  23,  1865;  m.  at  South  Framingham, 
Mass.,  Nov.  10, 1886,  Nathan  Parker  Colburn  2d,  of  Hopkinton, 
b.  March  30,  1864.  They  have  had  two  children  born  at  South 
Framingham :  Lizzie  Rockwood,  b.  Nov.  16,  1887,  and  Ralph 
Parker,  b.  Aug.  23,  1889,  and  d.  Feb.  16, 1890. 


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70.  Dennis  Flagg'  Comee  {Thomas  W.,^  Ezra^  Joseph*  David*  John* 

David*)  was  born  in  Petersham,  Mass.,  June  6,  1836,  and  lives 
(1896)  in  Boston,  where  he  has  resided  since  youth.  He  married, 
March  26,  1856,  Ellen  Maria  Hearne,  who  was  born  in  Sebago, 
Me.,  June  12, 1835,  and  died  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Dec  6,  1870,  ae.  35. 
One  child,  born  in  Boston. 

i.  Waltek  James,  b.  Feb.  18, 1857 ;  d.  In  Boston,  Sept.  3, 1871. 

71.  James  Thomas'  Comee  {Thomas  W.*  Ezra,"  Joseph*  David^  John? 

David^)  was  born  in  Petersham,  Mass.,  Nov.  29,  1839,  and  lives 
(1896)  in  Brighton  (Boston),  Mass.,  where  he  is  a  sergeant  on  the 
police  force.  He  married  first,  Dec.  8,  1866,  Fanny  L.  Steadman, 
born  in  Mill  Village,  N.  S.,  Jan.  20,  1844,  and  died  in  Boston,  Nov. 
23, 1886.  He  married  second,  Oct.  16, 1890,  Vesta  Louise  Pomeroy, 
born  in  Boston,  Nov.  12, 1849.  No  children  by  the  second  mar- 
riage. 

Children  of  James  T.  and  Fanny  L.,  born  in  Boston : 

i.  Susan  Augusta,  b.  Jan.  22, 1866;  m.  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  Aug. 

17,  1887,  James  Henry  Shumaker,  b.  in  Koxbury,  Mass.,  April 

22,   1868.    They  have  two  children,  bom  in  Boston:    Henry 

Wilson,  b.  Sept.  20,  1888,  and  Albert  David,  b.  June  4,  1890. 

ii.  Wilson  Steadman,  b.  April  15,  1867;  m.  at  Hyde  Park,  Mass., 

Sept.  10,  1889,  Elizabeth  Harwood  Lockman,  b.  in  Brantford, 

Canada,  May  16,  1866.    They  have  one  child,  James  Harwood 

Comee,  b.  in  Hyde  Park,  March  30,  1891. 

72.  Frederick  Towne''  Comee  {Thomas  W.*  Ezra,"  Joseph*  David,' 

John?  David})  was  born  in  Dana,  Mass.,  Oct.  1,  1846,  and  lives 
(1896)  in  Woonsocket,  R.  I.,  whither  he  removed  in  1884  to  become 
Assistant  Superintendent  of  the  Woonsocket  Rubber  Company.  In 
1887  he  became  Superintendent,  and  this  position  he  still  holds.  For 
thirty  years  previous  he  had  made  his  home  in .  Boston,  where  he 
was  a  member  of  the  St.  John's  Lodge  of  Masons,  was  Worshipful 
Master,  1877-78;  member  of  St.  Andrew's  Royal  Arch  Chapter, 
Most  Eminent  High  Priest,  1879-80;  member  of  the  Boston  Com- 
mandery  of  Knights  Templar,  was  Eminent  Commander  1884-85; 
member  of  Massachusetts  Consistory  (32d  degree),  and  was  also 
Most  Eminent  Grand  High  Priest  of  the  Grand  Royal  Arch  Chap- 
ter of  Massachusetts,  1885-86-87.  He  has  been  much  interested 
in  this  genealogy  and  has  furnished  valuable  assistance. 

He  married.  May  25,  1871,  at  Salisbury  Point,  Mass.,  Mary 
Adelaide  Morton,  born  in  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  Oct.  9,  1846. 

Children,  i.  born  in  Salisbury  Point,  Mass.,  ii.  in  Boston : 

i.  Frederick  Morton,  b.  Aug.  21,  1872. 
ii.  Arthur  Metcalf,  b.  Feb.  19,  1877. 

73.  James^  Comee  {James  M.?  James  M.,*  David,*  David,'  John,'  David}) 

was  born  in  Gardner,  Mass.,  July  2,  1836,  and  died  in  Fitchburg, 
Mass.,  Feb.  |,  1883,  ae.  46.  He  went  to  Worcester,  Mass.,  in  his 
teens,  and  there  married  April  5,  1859,  Charlotte  M.,  daughter  of 
Roland  Pollard,  of  Nantucket,  Mass.,  and  moved  to  Boston,  where 
he  remained  until  about  1864,  when  he  returned  to  Worcester  to 
become  superintendent  of  the  street  railway  there.  Three  years 
later  he  went  to  New  York  to  take  a  similar  position.     His  health 


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broke  down  and  he  went  to  his  father's  home,  where  he  died. 
Mrs.  Comee  is  living  in  Worcester. 

Child  of  James  and  Charlotte  M.,  born  in  Worcester : 
i.  Eliza  M.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1864;  m.  Dr.  WilUam  T.  Spring.    They  live 
in  Worcester,  where  they  have  a  son  WiUie  Raymond  Spring. 

74.  William  PoeterT  Comee  (  WiUiam  W.,'  James  M.,^ David* David* 
j/o/i»X>am<^)  was  born  in  Gardner,  Mass.,  July  17,  1837,  and 
lives  (1896)  m  New  York  City.  In  yonth  he  worked  in  Barnard  & 
bumners  dry  goods  store  in  Worcester.  He  was  afterwards  con- 
ductor on  the  railroad  between  Fitchburg  and  Worcester.  He  and 
his  brother  Charles  were  the  tallest  men  in  the  Fitchburg  Fusileers 
and  were  drafted  at  Lincoln's  first  call,  but  both  were  unable  physic- 
ally to  go.  Alost  of  his  life  has  been  spent  in  the  hotel  business.  He 
has  been  chief  clerk  at  the  Revere,  Tremont,  Parker  and  Coolidge 
Mouses  in  Boston,  was  a  year  at  the  United  States  Hotel,  Saratoga, 
and  a  season  at  the  Point  of  Pines,  Revere,  Mass.  Since  1894  has 
been  steward  at  the  Hotel  Grenoble,  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

He  rnarried,  June  4,  1875,  Alice  Ferry,  of  St.  Albans,  Vt. 

Cliild,  born  in  Cambridge,  Mass. : 

i.  Charles  BmGHAM,  b.  March  4,  1876;  since  1894  has  been  night 
clerk  at  Hotel  Empire,  New  York  City;  is  a  member  of  Co!  C 
fJ^.Z  7*5.  R«g-  of  N.  Y.,  and  has  taken  several  medals 
for  marksmanship ;  is  6  ft.  1^  in.  tall. 

75.  Charles  Henrt^  Comee  {WiUiam  W.,' James  M.,'  David*  David» 
John,  namd)wm  born  in  Gardner,  Mass.,  Aug.  17,  1840,  and  died 
unmarried  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  Sept.  1, 1878,  ae.  38.  For  a  longtime 
he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  father  of  the  famous  Jim  Fisk,  first  as 
an  express  messenger  between  Boston  and  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  the  home 
of  the  Fisks,  and  later,  during  the  Civil  War,  running  a  cotton 
steamer  on  the  Mississippi  River  for  Jim  Fisk  himself,  when  the 
^tter  was  cotton  buyer  for  the  firm  of  Jordan,  Marsh  &  Co.,  of 

fr?°'  Pr^.'  t  o^""'!  ^'^'^  '^^  ^°"*^'  ^^-  Comee  entered  the 
employ  of  O  is  F.  Ruggles,  Superintendent  of  the  Vermont  &  Massa- 
chusetts Railroad,  with  ofllces  in  Fitchburg,  and  at  the  time  of  the 
leasing  of  the  road  to  the  Fitchburg  Railroad,  Jan.  1,  1874,  he  suc- 
ceeded Mr.  Ruggles  with  the  title  of  Division  Superintendent  of  the 
Vermont  «fe  Massachusetts  Division  of  the  Fitchburg  Railroad  from 
Fitchburg  to  Greenfield.     This  position  he  held  at  the  time  of  his 

76.  Fbedejiic  RoBBiNs'  Comee  (  William  W.*  James ^,« David* David,* 
lives' n^S-^  T  ^'°  'I  F^^^hburg,  Mass.,  Jan.  2,  1854.  and 
18fi«^   M   ^  in  Boston    whither  he  removed  with  his  parents  in 

Fr!nlr  M^l  "ff  ^'^'^  ^^^  ^°'^°°  ^^^'"^  School  in  1871,  a 
J^ranklin  Medal  scholar,  and  the  same  year  entered  Harvard  College, 

[nX^;;  '.  ^".g^^1"*i«^  ^"  1875.  For  six  years  he  was  employed 
889  M  ,««?^L'"'  '*^'r^'™^"'^^  '^^  Fitchburg  Railroad.  From 
1882  to  1884  he  was  Assistant  Treasurer  of  the  Bijou  Theatre  in 
Bn!^n*  Q  ^ecember,  1885,  he  became  Assistant  Manager  of  the 
t^ltt^tZ^'^''''''^  '  '''''''''  ^^  ^  bolds,^his  office 


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He  married,  Dec.  12,  1894,  at  Hotel  Brunswick,  Boston,  Clara  E., 
daughtr7united  States  Deputy  Marshal  Frederick  Galloupe,  of 
Somerville,  Mass. 

77  Tames  K  Polk'  Comet  (Hiram*  Royal,"  Jonathan*  David?  JoW 
"•  X<  was  born  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  Feb  20  1845  and  died  m 
Sord  Mass.,  Dec.  7,  1884,  ae.  39.  April  7,  1862  he  e"hsted  m 
Co.  B,  25th  Reg.  Mass.  Inf.,  and  served  until  the  «lo««  P^  j^^/.J- 
He  was  wounded,  and  also  in  the  hospital  He  "i^^J^^' •^."7. Jo' 
1873,  Sylvania  Rhoby  Quimby,  who  died  in  ^jlford  Jan.  18, 1888 
ae.  41.  She  was  born  in  Blackstone,  Mass.,  May  10,  1846,  daugU 
ter  of  Sullivan  J.  Quimby. 
Children : 

i.  Lawson  Hekschel,  b.  in  May,  1874. 
ii.  Alfred  L.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1877. 
iii.  Maria  Louise  (twin),  b.  Sept.  27,  is»i. 
iv.  Maud  Frances  (twin),  b.  Sept.  n,  i»»i. 

78.    Albert  Bakton'  Comet  (^?^^'\^^«''VT''t"'i«^ra;yifv''e'I 
DaM)  was  born  in  Medway,  Mass.,  Feb.  20    1832    and  lives 
(1896)  in  Framingham,  Mass.     He  resided  in  Hopkinton   Mass., 
until  1858,  when  hi  moved  to  the  adjoining  town  of  Ashland  where 
Se  remain;d  about  twenty  years;  engaged  first  in  the  grain  bus,„ess 
and  later  in  the  manufacture  of  boots  and  shoes.     I^IS^^^,^  P"^ 
chased  property  in  South  Framingham,  a  few  miles  from  AsWand 
and  at  the  same  time  built  a  summer  cottage  at  Lake  Jiew  Camp 
Ground.     A  few  years  later  he  transferred  his  residence  to  Normal 
Hill  in  Framingham  Centre.     Aug.  23,  If/,  he  enlisted  in  Co.  E 
5th  Reg.  Mass.  Inf.,  and  was  in  service  until  July  2, 1863.     He  is  now 
a  member  of  the  Fifth  Regiment  Veteran  Association ;  of  Post  Ibd, 
G  A.  R.;  of  the  Framingham  Historical  Society;  and  of  two  or 
three  fraternal  organizations;  as  well  as  being  a  deacon  in  the  Park 
St.  Baptist  Church  at  South  Framingham.     He  has  been  much 
interested  in  the  history  of  the  Comey  family,  f  ^  ^^^''ly  ^^",  «^„;^^^ 
information  about  Royal  Comey  and  his  desp^^'i*"^^  ^^^^7,^  w^s 
him.     During  Mr.  Comey's  term  of  service  in  the  war  he  was 
almost  constantly  active,  often  on  the  skirmish  hne,  and  once  for 
several  days  scout  outside   the   Union   lines.      His  regiment  was 
ordered  to^  North  Carolina  and  attached  to  the  18th  Army  Corps 
Maior-General  J.  G.  Foster.     He  took  part  in  the  engagements  of 
Ba  heWs  Crtk  Southwest  Creek,  Kinston,  Wf  ehall,  Goldsboro' 
Newbern,  Rodman's  Point,  Little  Washington,  Blount's  Mills,  Dover 
Road,  Gum  Swamp  and  Bachelor's  Creek  again.     During  all  the 
time  he  kept  a  diary,  which  is  filled  with  interesting  and  exciting 

^"^He  married,  Feb.  19,  1854,  Miranda  J.  Temple,  of  Hopkinton. 
Children,  all  born  in  Ashland,  Mass. : 
i.  Susie  M.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1862;  m.  Sept.  7,  1887,  Elmer  EUsworth 

Graves,  of  Hopkinton,  where  they  liave  two  sons, 
ii.  AlSt  c!rleton.  b.  July  5,  1871 ;  lives  unm.  in  Framingham. 
iii.  Bernard  Ernest  (twin),  b.  Nov.  3^  1872. 
iv.  Bbrnicb  Eliza  (twin),  b.  Nov.  3,  18 < 2. 


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79.  George  Rotal'  Comet  {Albert,^  Royal,^  Jonathan*  David*  John* 
David,^)  was  born  in  Wrentham,  Mass.,  Feb.  2,  1834,  and  died  in 
Hopkinton,  Mass.,  Nov.  26,  1870,  ae.  36.  When  a  young  man  he 
was  with  Gen.  Albert  Sidney  Johnston's  expedition  to  Utah  in  1857 
and  1858  to  restore  order  among  the  Mormons  who  were  in  open 
revolt  against  the  national  government.  Later  he  was  with  a  survey- 
ing party  in  the  wilder  part  of  the  West.  June  18,  1861,  he  enlisted 
at  Omaha  in  Co.  E,  Ist  Neb.  Vols.,  and  was  in  active  service  until 
Aug.  18,  1862,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged,  the  cause  being 
ill  health.  He  soon  came  East  and  on  Jan.  1,  1864,  enlisted  in  the 
15th  Mass.  Battery,  in  which  he  remained  until  the  close  of  the 
War.  His  battery  was  sent  immediately  to  Louisiana.  The  fol- 
lowing Fall  they  went  up  the  Mississippi,  first  to  Arkansas  and  then 
to  Memphis,  Tenn.,  but  on  Jan.  1, 1865,  they  were  back  in  Louisiana. 
The  following  month  they  were  sent  to  Alabama,  and  almost  immedi- 
ately to  Florida,  but  were  soon  back  in  Alabama.  A  wound  caused 
by  the  bursting  of  a  shell  at  the  siege  of  Blakely,  Ala.,  in  April, 
1865,  eventually  caused  his  death. 

He  married,  in  1863,  his  cousin  Celinda,  daughter  of  Hiram  Comey, 
of  Hopkinton,  Mass.     She  died  Nov.  7,  1868,  ae.  26. 

Children,  i.  born  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  ii.  in  Aurora,  111. : 

i.  AcHSAH,  b.  Sept.  15,  1864;  m.  Dec.  30, 1887,  Frank  G.  Proctor,  of 
Ashland,  Mass.     They  live  (1896)  at  South  Framingham,  Mass. 

11.  Walter  Lawson,  b.  Sept.  28,  1866;  m.  June  29,  1891,  Lizzie 
Dyer,  of  Ashland,  and  lives  (1896),  at  Milford,  Mass.  They 
have  one  son,  Harvey  Dyer,  b.  in  Milford,  Sept.  21,  1894. 

80.  William  M.^  Comet  (Albert,^  Royal,^  Jonathan*  David*  John* 
David^)  was  born  in  Wrentham,  Mass.,  Feb.  18,  1840,  and  lives 
(1896)  in  the  village  of  City  Mills  in  the  town  of  Norfolk  (Mass.), 
where  he  has  resided  since  1865.  He  enlisted  at  Chicago,  Jan.  24, 
1861,  in  Battery  B,  4th  U.  S.  Artillery,  and  was  ordered  at  once  to 
Newport,  Ky.  January  27,  he  was  detailed  as  mounted  orderly 
to  report  to  Major  McRae  at  St.  Louis.  January  31,  he  left  St.  Louis 
for  Galveston  and  San  Antonio,  Texas.  Thence  he  started  for  Fort 
Arbuckle,  but  learned  before  reaching  there  that  General  Twiggs 
had  surrendered  all  the  troops  and  supplies  in  the  states.  Major 
McRae  was  a  Union  man  and  decided  to  march  to  Little  Rock, 
Ark.,  which  he  reached  after  a  hard  march.  That  night  the  garrison 
was  surrendered,  but  they  were  allowed  to  proceed  toward  St.  Louis 
without  arms.  At  St.  Louis,  Comey  was  detailed  as  orderly  to 
General  Lyon.  April  11,  he  was  taken  violently  ill.  At  the  end 
of  May  he  re-joined  General  Lyon,  and  June  18  was  at  the  battle 
of  Boonesville,  Mo.,  his  first  engagement.  Immediately  he  was  sent 
to  Fort  Kearney,  Neb.,  and  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  but  by  the 
first  of  August  was  back  in  Missouri,  and  on  August  10  was  in  the 
battle  of  Wilson  Creek,  where  General  Lyon  was  killed.  Comey 
was  near  General  Lyon  at  the  time  and  was  wounded  in  the  knee 
himself,  was  placed  in  his  saddle  and  rode  125  miles  without  dis- 
mounting. October  15  he  returned  and  was  attached  to  Fremont's 
Body  Guard,  which  was  disbanded  on  Thanksgiving  Day,  and  Comey 
was  attached  to  Co.  C,  2d  U.  S.  Infantry.  December  20,  he  was 
ordered  to  Washington,  D.  C,  where  he  was  detailed  on  special 


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detective  service  nntil  March  8,  1862.  March  9,  his  regiment  took 
possession  of  the  abandoned  forts  across  the  Potomac,  and  soon  after 
sailed  down  the  river.  At  Hampton  Roads  the  steamer  foundered. 
Then  came  the  siege  of  Yorktown,  and  the  battles  of  Williamsburg 
May  3,  Ellison  Mills  May  23,  Hanover  Court  House  May  27, 
Seven  Pines  May  31,  Fair  Oaks  June  1,  and  several  other  im- 
portant engagements,  including  Malvern  Hill  July  1,  Cedar  Moun- 
tain August  8,  and  the  2d  Bull  Run  August  30.  At  the  latter 
Comey  received  five  wounds  in  the  left  hand  and  arm  and  was  in 
the  hospital  at  Philadelphia  until  November  15,  when  he  returned 
to  his  regiment  in  Virginia.  Dec.  12-13, 1862,  he  was  in  the  battle 
of  Fredericksburg,  the  following  May  at  Chancel lorsville,  and  in  July 
at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  His  regiment  pursued  Lee  until  ordered 
to  New  York  to  suppress  the  draft  riots,  remaining  until  September. 
On  the  night  of  November  27-28,  Comey  and  several  other  pickets 
were  captured,  but  with  seven  others  he  made  his  escape  and  re- 
joined his  regiment,  and  remained  with  it  until  Jan.  24,  1864,  when 
he  received  his  discharge.  He  is  a  member  of  Antietam  Command 
U.  V.  U.  at  Boston  and  of  Post  60,  G.  A,  R.  at  Franklin.  Of  the 
latter  post  he  is  historian.  In  1892  he  was  on  the  staff  of  Com- 
mander-in-chief Palmer  at  the  G.  A.  R.  parade  in  Washington, 
D.  C.  Since  1868  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  bonnet 
wire,  picture  cord,  etc.,  and  has  taken  a  prominent  part  in  town 
affairs,  has  been  auditor,  moderator,  etc.,  and  is  a  notary  public  also. 

He  married,  Dec.  7,  1865  (National  Thanksgiving  Day),  Ophelia 
H.  Scott,  daughter  of  Col.  Saul  B.  Scott,  of  Franklin,  Mass. 

Children,  both  born  in  Norfolk,  Mass. : 

i.  Ethel  O.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1877;  d.  Dec.  6,  1877. 
ii.  Fbank  Roy,  b.  Jan.  2,  1880. 

81.  Aratus'  Comey  {Elbridge   6'.,'  Royal,^  Jonathan*  David,*  John^ 

David})  was  born  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  Oct.  27,  1837,  and  resides 
(1896)  in  Newton  (Mass.),  where  he  has  lived  since  April,  1874. 
He  is  a  tinsmith,  his  business  being  in  Boston.  He  married,  Jan.  1, 
1861,  Annie  C.  Leland,  of  Holliston. 

Children,  i.  to  iv.  born  in  Hopkinton,  the  others  in  Newton,  Mass. : 

i.  Harry  Leland,  b.  Jan.  26,  1862 ;  d.  in  Holliston,  April  5,  1867. 
ii.  Irving  Winfred,  b.  Dec.  18,  1863;  m.  Oct.  20,  1887,  Emma  J. 

Coombs,  of  Newton,  where  he  resides.      He  is  an  engraver 

and  works  in  Boston.    No  children, 
iii.  Anna  Temple,  b.  June  6,  1866;  d.  in  Holliston,  April  3,  1867. 
iv.  Bertrand,  b.  May  13, 1869 ;  lives  (1896)  unm.  in  New  York  City. 
V.  Edith  Rhoda,  b.  July  21,  1874;  lives  unm.  in  Newton, 
vi.  Jennie  Louise,  b.  Feb.  5,  1879. 
vli.  Ralph,  b.  Dec.  19,  1883 ;  d.  Jan.  20,  1884. 

82.  Henry  Newton^  Comey  {Elbridge  (?.,'  Royal*  Jonathan*  David? 

John?  David^)  was  bom  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  March  4,  1840,  and 
lives  (1896)  in  Swampscott,  Mass.,  his  business  being  in  the  adjoin- 
ing city  of  Lynn,  where  he  has  been  connnected  with  the  Smith  & 
Dove  Manufacturing  Co.  (linen  threads — manufactory  in  Andover), 
for  about  eight  years.  May  25,  1861,  he  enlisted  as  private  in  Co. 
G,  2d  Reg.  Mass.  Infantry.  Nov.  1,  1862,  he  became  second  lieu- 
tenant; June  6,  1863,  first  lieutenant;  and  May  24,  1864,  captain, 


in  which  position  he  was  active  until  the  close  of  the  war.  For  a 
year  or  more  he  was  at  Harper's  Ferry  and  Winchester,  Va  At 
the  battle  of  Cedar  Mountain,  Va.,  Aug.  9, 1862,  he  acted  as  captain 

^u^^'l^  T.  ,^  ^^^'     ^^  "^^^  °*^^  ^'  '^«  front  constantly  and  was  at 
the  2d  Bull  Run,  Chantilly,  South  Mountain,  Antietam  and  Chancel- 
lorsvile.     At  the  latter,  he  was  for  the  time  being  in  command  of 
several  companies  and  was  wounded  by  a  split  bullet.     At  the  battle 
of  Beverly  Ford,  Va.,  he  commanded  a  company  of  marksmen.     His 
regiment  arrived  at  Gettysburg  on  the  evening  of  July  1  and  was 
ordered  to  the  extreme  right,  where  they  remained  until  the  after- 
noon of  the  2d.     That  night  and  the  next  morning  they  tried  to 
regani  their  position  and  lost  nearly  half  of  their  men.     Lieutenant 
Comey  was  twice  wounded.     Ho  re-joined  his  regiment  in   New 
York  during  the  draft  riots  and  soon  after  went  to  Virginia,  then  to 
rennessee  and  finally  to  Alabama,  where  he  passed  the  winter  fight- 
ing guerillas  and  guarding  the  railroads.     At  Tullahoma,  Tenn.,  he 
fractured  his  leg.     Leaving  the  hospital  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  in  the 
spring  of  1864,  he  joined  his  regiment  on  its  advance  from  Chatta- 
nooga  to  Atlanta,  Ga.     He  took  part  in  many  of  the  battles  until 
the  capture,  Sept.  2,  1864,  of  Atlanta,  where  as  officer  of  the  day 
on  provost  duty  he  took  the  Confederate  flag  from  the  court  house. 
On  Sherman's  famous  March  to  the  Sea  his  regiment  (the  2d  Massa- 
chusetts) was  the  first  to  leave  Atlanta,  and  continued  with  Sherman 
from  Savannah  to  Columbia,  S.  C,  and  Goldsborough  and  Raleigh, 
N.  C.     During  this  time  Captain  Comey  did  valiant  work  in  repuls- 
ing attacks.     In  March,  1865,  he  was  present  at  the  grand  review 
in  Washington,  and  was  on  duty  at  the  trial  of  the  conspirators 
His  campaigns  extended  through  all  of  the  southern  states  east  of 
the  Mississippi,  except  Mississippi  and  Florida.     Since  the  war  has 
lived  m  Woodville  and  Woburn,  Mass.,  in  Vermont,  in  Chicago,  111 
(about  seven  years),  but  about  1887  located  in  Lynn,  Mass. 

He  married,  Oct.  16,  1866,  Augusta  Wood,  daughter  of  Col. 
Albert  Wood,  of  Woodville  (Hopkintou). 
Children,  both  born  in  Woburn,  Mass.: 

i.  AGNB8  AMAja>A,  b.  Sept.  19,  1869;  m.  June  18,  1896,  Joseph  F. 

Hoyt,  of  Lynn,  and  resides  in  Swampscott. 
ii.  Maky  Augusta,  b.  Dec.  27,  1870;  lives  with  her  sister. 

ManliusJ  Comet  (mbridge  G.,'  Royd,'  Jonathan*  David?  John* 
^  J  ^0^^°'"''  '°  Hopkintou,  Mass.,  March  19,  1843,  and  died 
Dec.  20,  1864,  ae.  21.  July  27,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  Co.  F,  14th 
Mass.  Infantry,  was  afterwards  transferred  to  the  1st  Battalion  Mass 
Heavy  Artillery.  He  was  in  the  forts  around  Washington,  with 
la  rant  m  his  advance  on  Richmond  in  the  spring  of  1864  at  the 
battles  of  Spottsylvania,  North  Anna,  Tolopotomy,  Cold  Harbor  and 
Petersburgh.  At  the  latter,  June  24,  1864,  he  was  captured  and 
hurried  off  to  Belle  Isle  prison  at  Richmond.  Thence  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  Andersonville,  Ga.,  and  on  to  Millen,  Ga.  Sherman's 
advance,  with  Comey's  brother  among  the  officers,  obliged  the  Con- 
federates to  vacate  Millen,  and  the  prisoners  went  to  Savannah  and 
thence  to  Florence,  S.  C.  From  the  latter  he  was  paroled,  but 
although  of  a  naturally  robust  constitution  the  confinement  and 
hardships  had  proved  too  much  for  him  and  he  died  on  board  tho 


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steamer  New  York,  while  on  the  way  from  Hilton  Head  to  Fortress 
Monroe.  His  body  was  brought  to  Massachusetts  and  he  was  buried 
in  his  native  town. 

84.  Perley  Pierce^  Comey  (Mbrtdge  G.,^  Royul,*  Jonathan*  David,' 

John*  David^)  was  born  in  Holliston,  Mass.,  Jan.  14,  1852,  and 
lives  (1896)  in  Clinton,  Mass.  In  1860  his  father  moved  to  Hop- 
kinton,  and  here  the  youth  of  the  future  doctor  was  spent.  He 
fitted  for  college  at  the  Oread  High  School  in  Worcester,  but  was 
unable  to  go,  so  learned  the  apothecary  business  in  the  same  city. 
Later  he  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  A.  P.  Richardson,  of  Boston ; 
and  at  the  Harvard  Medical  School,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1878.  In  August  of  that  year  he  located  in  Clinton,  where  he  still 
remains,  enjoying  a  lucrative  practice.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  of  the  Worcester  County  Medical 
Association,  of  the  State  Association  of  Boards  of  Health,  of  the 
Clinton  Board  of  Health,  of  which  he  was  chairman  several  years, 
of  the  medical  staff  of  the  Clinton  Hospital.  For  three  years  he 
was  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Selectmen,  and  is  now  chairman  of 
the  Board  of  Trade.  He  is  a  member  of  Trinity  Lodge  of  Masons 
at  Clinton,  and  of  the  Worcester  County  Commandery  of  Knights 
Templar.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  and  several  other 
fraternal  organizations.  He  has  been  assistant  surgeon-general  of 
the  Patriarchs  Militant,  is  surgeon  of  the  Worcester  Continentals, 
and  originator  and  president  of  the  Clinton  Riding  Club.  His  por- 
trait appears  in  the  History  of  Worcester  County  published  in  1889. 

He  married,  Oct.  8,  1873,  Marion  L.  Jones,  daughter  of  John  O. 
Jones,  of  Quincy,  Mass. 

Children,  i.  born  in  Worcester,  ii.  and  iii.  in  Clinton ; 

i.  Effie  Marion,  b.  Sept.  4,  1874;  entered  Smith  College  in  1892. 
ii.  Gertrude  Julietta,  b.  Aug.  17,  1881. 
iii.  Clifton  Jones,  b.  June  14,  1885. 

85.  Robert  Henry^  Comey  {Henry  T.^  Thatcher^  John*  John*  David* 

John,*  David^)  was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  Nov.  26,  1857,  and 
lives  (1896)  in  Camden,  N.  J.,  where  he  has  resided  since  the 
autumn  of  1883.  Previously  he  had  been  in  Philadelphia  for  about 
fourteen  months.  He  is  a  dyer  and  bleacher  of  straw  goods.  He 
married  at  Camden,  April  26,  1884,  Theresa  Pierce  Mellor,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonas  Mellor,  formerly  of  Yorkshire,  Eng. 
Children,  all  born  in  Camden,  N.  J. : 

i.  Harry  Mellor,  b.  April  25,  1885;  d.  Sept.  8,  1885. 
ii.  Miriam  Powell,  b.  Sept.  28,  1886. 
iii.  Henrietta  Louisa,  b.  Nov.  5,  1888. 
iv.  Robert  Harold,  b.  Dec.  28,  1891. 

86.  Arthur  Messinger^  Comey  {EUnridge  01,'  Thatcher,^  John,*  John,* 

David,*  John^  David^)  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Nov.  10,  1861, 
and  lives  (1896)  in  Cambridge,  Mass.  He  prepared  for  college  at 
Adams  Academy,  Quincy,  graduated  from  Harvard  in  1882,  studied 
at  the  Polytechnikum  in  Ziirich,  Switzerland,  and  afterwards  took 
the  degrees  of  A.M.  and  Ph.D.,  at  Heidelberg  University,  Germany  ; 
was  instructor  of  chemistry  at  Harvard  College  from  1884  to  1889, 
and  senior  professor  of  chemistry  at  Tufts  College  from  1889  to 


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1893,  since  which  time  he  has  been  engaged  in  preparing  a  "  Dic- 
tionary of  Chemical  Solubilities"  which  has  just  been  published 
(May,  1896).  *'  ^ 

He  married,  Sept.  9,  1885,  Kate  Coleman  (of  LaFayette,  Ind.), 
who  was  born  Sept.  5,  1861.  j       >         y> 

Their  only  child  was  born  in  Somerville,  Mass. : 
i.  Arthuh  Coleman,  b.  Sept.  6,  1886. 


87. 


George  PReston' CoMet  Jr. ( George P.,^  John*  John,'  John,' Bavid,' 

V      \roZ\^  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  April  21,  1858,  and 

Vl«n'    t?^  ^°  Cleveland  (Ohio)  in  which  city  he  has  resided  since 

1880.     He  18  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  ladies'  straw  and'felt 

liats  at  7  Academy  Street,  the  firm  being  Comey  &  Johnson.     He 

^•n"^?'i.''°^  ^^'  ^^^1'  ^'^"°ie  J.  Gill,  daughter  of  Bartholomew 
yjfiU,  of  Hinsdale,  Mass.  f. 

Children,  all  born  in  Cleveland,  Ohio:        j,  -  ^)JL/9/^-'^^^''^p 

^  (A^^nh^i:  Florence  Lillian,  b.  Dec.  20,  1886.  yJ^o^d^'^lX^^ 
**^  ill.  George  Lawrence,  b.  Oct.  10,  1888.^  f  m.<»^^'f^^'>^^S<>0^C 

iv.  Frederick  Harlan,  b.  Feb.  5,  1893. 

V.  Kalph  Howard,  b.  Aug.  27,  1894. 

vi.  Harold  Dean^  b.  April  20,  1896. 

88.  Charles  Rich"  Comey  {Chester  K,'  John,*  John,^  John,*  David,^ 

John,    JJamd})  was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  July  21,  1856,  and 
ives  (1896)  in  Mansfield,  Mass.     He  graduated  from  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1878,  and  the  following  year  entered  the  employ  of  Comey 
&  Co.,  with  whom  he  has  been  ever  since,  part  of  the  time  in  New 

oA°'',  ooo^^t''°'^  P^'^  °^  *^^  ^™^  ^°  Mansfield.     He  married,  June 
^U,  1883,  Josephine  M.  Mead,  of  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Children,  all  born  in  Mansfield,  except  i.  born  in  Cambridge : 

i.  Mabel  Louise,  b.  Feb.  11,  1885. 
11.  Edith  Mead,  b.  Oct.  9,  1886. 
lii.  Chester  Francis,  b.  Aug.  21,  1888. 
iv.  Philip  Rich,  b.  Aug.  29,  1893. 

89.  William  Wallace"  Comey  {WiUiam  S.,''  Aaron,*  Oliver,"  John,* 

Vamd,  John,^  David')  was  born  in  Bedford,  Mass.,  March  4,  1846 
and  for  several  years  kept  a  market  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  which  he 
sold  in  1890  He  married,  March  21, 1871,  Mary,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Jackson,  of  Hodgdon,  Me. 

Children,  born  in  Forge  Village  (Westford)  Mass.: 

i.  Florence  May,  b.  June  23,  1872 ;  d.  June  24,  1872 
n.  Adnah  Prescott,  b.  March  17,  1878. 

90.  Charles  Mel vin"  Comey  ( George  A.,'  Lyman,*  Oliver,'  John,*  JDavid,' 

John,  David)  was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  Sept.  11,  1846,  and 
u  ^\lll^  'tt^^^^  Bedford,  Mass.,  where  he  has  resided  since 
about  1868.  He  married  first,  July  8,  1868,  Hannah  C.  Driagg, 
ct"""^^^!!.? V  ■^^-*^'  ^^"g'^t^''  o^  J'i^ies  D.  Driggs,  of  New  Bedford! 
hhe  died  Beb.  2o,  1887,  and  he  married  second,  in  1891,  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth Eldndge  Carsley,  daughter  of  Ira  Gerrish,  of  Fairhaven,  Mass. 


?Q. 


Children,  all  born  in  New  Bedford : 

96.  i.  James  Davis  Driggs,  b.  March  7,  1869. 
li.  Alice  Louise,  b.  Sept.  9,  1872. 
iii.  Frances  Emma,  b.  Dec.  14,  1873 ;  d.  Nov.  28,  1874. 
iv.  Charles  Melvin,  b.  Aug.  18,  1876 ;  d.  Jan.  24,  1880. 
V.  Morris  Loring,  b.  April  29,  1879. 

91.  William  Alnarado*  Comet  ( George  A.^  Lyman*  Oliver,''  John* 

David,^  John,^  David})  was  born  in  Foxboro,  Mass.,  Nov.  12,  1850, 
and  died  Oct.  17,  1890,  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  where  he  had  lived 
since  1875.  He  married,  Oct.  3,  1878,  Mary  J.  Caldwell,  of  Cam- 
bridge, daughter  of  James  Ayer  Caldwell.  She  is  still  living  in 
Cambridge. 

Children,  all  born  in  Cambridgeport : 

1.  Florence  Lydia,  b.  Feb.  3,  1882. 
ii.  Elmer  Harding,  b.  Feb.  22,  1888. 
iii.  Grace  Evelyn,  b.  Sept.  6,  1890. 

92.  George  Bbatinton* Comet  {Albert,^ Lyman,^  Oliver,^  John* David^ 

John^  David^)  was  born  at  Cuyahoga  Falls,  0.,  April  2,  1859,  and 
lives  (1896)  at  Akron,  0.     He  married  Nora  Brannon. 
Children  of  George  B.  and  Nora  : 

1.  Albert,  b.  March  23,  1884. 
ii.  Clarence,  b.  June  21,  1886. 
iii.  John,  b.  April  13,  1893. 
iv.  George,  b.  Sept.  18,  1894. 

93.  Willard^  Comet   {Albert^  Lyman^  Oliver^  John*  David^  John' 

.David^)  was  born  at  Cuyahoga  Falls,  O.,  March  16,  1863,  and  lives 
(1896)  in  Cleveland,  0.,  where  he  has  resided  since  July  5,  1888. 
He  is  a  hatter  by  occupation.  He  married.  May  25,  1887,  Lottie 
C.  Neigher. 

Children  of  Willard  and  Lottie : 

i.  Marion  E.,  b.  March  15,  1888. 
ii.  Elizabeth  C,  b.  April  15,  1890. 

94.  Edward  Wilson'  Comee  ( Wilson^  Thomas   TFi,'  Ezra^  Joseph* 

David^  John^  David^)  was  born  in  Dana,  Mass.,  June  29,  1844, 
and  lives  (1896)  in  North  Dana.     He  married,  in  Boston,  May  22, 
1873,  Emma  Jane  Dutton,  born  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  May  22, 1849. 
Children,  i.,  ii.  and  vi.  born  in  Dana,  iii.  in  Petersham,  and  iv. 
and  V.  in  South  Boston : 

i.  Walter  Herbert,  b.  Jan.  5,  1874. 

ii.  Susan  Maria,  b.  July  6,  1875. 

iii.  Mabcella  Jane,  b.  Feb.  19,  1877 ;  d.  Aug.  6,  1877. 

iv.  Margaret  Fuller,  b.  Aug.  29,  1879. 

V.  Millie  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  5,  1881. 

vi.  Arthur  Edward,  b.  Aug.  21,  1883. 

95.  James  D.  D.'  Comet  (  Charles  M.'  George  A.,''  Lyman*  Oliver*  John* 

David^  John,'  David})  was  born  in  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  March  7, 
1869,  and  is  living  (1896)  in  Fall  River,  Mass.,  where  he  has  been 
located  since  the  Fall  of  1891,  teaching  music.  He  is  organist  of 
the  First  Baptist  Church,  and  conductor  of  the  Fall  River  Choral 
Society.     Studied  the  organ  with  H.  C.  McDougall,  of  Providence, 


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R.  I.,  and  George  E.  Whiting,  of  Boston ;  piano  with  Arthur  Foote, 
and  composition  with  George  W.  Chadwick,  of  Boston.    He  married, 
Oct.  12,  1892,  Angeline  S.  Capen,  daughter  of  Andrew  Jackson 
Capen,  of  New  Bedford. 
Children,  born  in  Fall  River: 

i.  Margaret,"  b.  Aug.  5,  1894. 
ii.  Hklbn,  b.  Jan.  8,  1896. 


MALTMAN  FAMILY. 


James  Maltman  came  from  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  to  Boston,  Mass., 
about  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century.  The  tradition  is  that  he  left 
his  native  country  to  escape  being  drafted  into  the  army.  It  is  possible 
that  the  War  of  the  Austrian  Succession  (1740-48),  known  in  America  as 
King  George's  War,  was  the  cause  of  his  coming  to  the  New  World,  but 
of  this  there  is  nothing  certain,  and  it  should  be  understood  that  what  is 
known  of  this  James  Maltman  is  from  family  tradition  entirely.  England 
was  dragged  into  this  war  by  her  King,  George  II.,  a  native  of  Germany, 
much  against  the  wish  of  the  people,  in  the  year  1743,  and  the  army  was 
recruited  with  difficulty,  so  it  will  be  seen  that  there  is  at  least  plausibility 
in  assigning  this  as  the  cause  of  Maltman's  leaving  Scotland.  The  story 
goes  that  he  was  twenty-one  when  he  left  his  old  home  and  that  after  com- 
ing to  Boston  he  met  a  young  lady,  Christiana  Castor,  who  had  come  from 
Glasgow,  and  that  he  afterwards  married  her.  After  her  death  he  married 
again.  He  was  a  cabinet  maker  by  trade,  and  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity.  At  one  time  he  lived  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  but  died,  it  is  sup- 
posed, in  Gardner,  Mass.,  at  the  home  of  one  of  his  daughters,  though  there 
is  not  the  slightest  clew  to  the  date  of  his  death. 

Children  of  James  and  Christiana : 

i.  Christiana,  b.  in  September,  1755;  m.  about  1774,  David  Comee, 
of  Lexington  (seep.  6),  and  died  in  Gardner,  Mass.,  May  17, 
1789,  ae.  33  years  and  8  months.    Their  second  son  was  named 
James  Maltman  Oomee. 
ii.  Maky,  m.  Joseph  Clark  (1757-1837),  who  went  from  Sherbom, 
Mass. ,  to  Gardner,  among  the  early  settlers  of  the  latter.    They 
had  one  son,  Joseph,  b.  March  3,  1787. 
iii.  Hannah,  b.  Aug.  5,  1764 ;  m.  about  1789,  after  the  death  of  her 
sister,  David  Comee  (see  p.  6),  and  died  in  Gardner,  Mass., 
Oct.  23, 1852,  ae.  88-2-18.    She  was  bUnd  during  the  last  twenty 
years  of  her  life. 

The  name  Maltman  seems  to  be  purely  Scotch.  In  the  year  1527  there 
was  living  in  Aberdeen,  an  Alexander  Maltman,  flesher  (butcher). 

Hercules  Maltman,  of  Edinburgh,  writes  (1894)  that  there  are  only  four 
Maltmans  in  that  city,  but  thinks  there  are  more  on  the  east  coast,  at  Dun- 
bar and  Eyemouth.  He  himself  went  from  Glasgow  to  Edinburgh  about 
1881.     There  is  a  Robert  Maltman,  in  Ringford,  Kirkcudbrightshire. 

The  supplement  to  Allibone's  Dictionary  of  Authors  has  a  James  Malt- 
man, minister  of  the  gospel,  and  author  of  "  Holiday  Papers  "  on  teetotal- 
ism,  an  8vo  volume  published  in  Edinburgh  in  1888.  The  Saturday 
Review  (Ixv.  300)  says :  "  Mr.  Maltman  *  *  *  *  falls  upon  teeto- 
talers and  smites  them,  taunts  them,  ridicules  them,  curses  them." 


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In  Gray  Friars  Giurchyard,  Edinburgh,  are  the  graves  of  James  Malt- 
man  1778,  Ann  Maltman  1791,  and  Ann  Maltman  (ae.  62)  1825,  widow 
of  Alex.  Ross  Porter. 

A  recent  Glasgow  directory  has  three  Maltmans,  and  in  London  (Eng- 
land) there  is  one,  George  Maltman,  export  clothier,  a  native  of  Scotland. 

Among  the  passengers  from  England  to  Virginia  in  the  ship  «  Thomas," 
Henry  Taverner  master,  in  1635  (probably)  was  a  Thomas  Maltman 
ae.  17. 

John  Maltman  (1800-1853?)  came  from  Edinburgh  to  Canada  and 
thence  to  New  York  City.  He  was  a  son  of  William  Maltman,  of  Glas- 
gow. John's  son,  Thomas  B.  of  New  York,  writes  that  the  only  other 
Maltman  he  has  known,  John  Maltman,  formerly  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  came 
from  Perth,  Scotland.  William  Maltman,  stone  cutter,  appears  in  the  New 
York  City  directory  of  1827,  and  ten  years  latter  there  is  a  James  Maltman, 
store-keeper. 

There  was  a  John  S.  Maltman,  1st  Lieut,  of  the  17th  Reg.  Mich.  Vols., 
April  13,  1865.    The  regiment  was  organized  at  Detroit,  in  August,  1862. 

William  H.  Maltman  is  in  the  1893  directory  of  Melbourne,  Australia. 

A  search  of  the  1893  directories  of  the  ten  largest  cities  in  the  United 
States  reveals  only  seven  Maltmans:  one  in  New  York  City,  two  in 
Chicago,  three  in  Philadelphia,  and  one  in  Boston. 


NOTES  ON  KING  PHILIP'S  WAR. 


As  the  originator  of  the  Comey-Comee  family  in  America  was  killed  in 
King  Philip's  War,  a  few  notes  upon  that  subject  may  not  be  out  of  place 
here.  The  general  notes  are  mainly  from  "  The  Beginnings  of  New  Eng- 
land," by  John  Fiske,  and  the  local  additions  from  the  History  of  Sudbury, 
Mass.,  by  Rev.  A.  S.  Hudson. 

Since  the  destruction  in  1637  of  the  Pequots,  perhaps  the  most  powerful 
of  the  early  Indian  tribes  in  New  England,  there  had  been  no  serious  out- 
break. Meanwhile  John  Eliot  of  Roxbury,  who  after  fourteen  years  of 
hard  study  had  translated  the  Bible  into  the  Algonquin  dialect,  had  suc- 
ceeded in  gathering  into  his  villages  some  1500  "praying  Indians,"  mostly 
of  the  Massachusetts  tribe  that  took  its  name  from  Massawachusett,  or  Great 
Blue  Hill,  in  Milton.  There  were  as  many  more  in  Martha's  Vineyard, 
300  in  Nantucket  and  about  700  in  Plymouth  Colony.  These  latter  were 
mostly  from  the  "Wampanoags,  and  they,  with  the  Massachusetts,  were 
among  the  weaker  tribes.  The  stronger  tribes,  the  Narragan setts,  around 
the  bay  of  that  name,  the  Mohegans  in  Western  Massachusetts  and  the 
Nipmucks  among  the  hills  of  what  is  now  Worcester  County,  furnished  few 
converts.  They  thought  that  the  English  were  trying  to  absorb  the  weaker 
tribes  and  thus  strengthen  their  fighting  capacity. 

In  1660  Massasoit,  chief  sachem  of  the  Wampanoags,  died,  leaving  two 
sons,  Wamsutta  and  Metacom,  or  Alexander  and  Philip  as  the  English 
nick-named  them.  Soon  after  Wamsutta  had  succeeded  his  father  he  was 
called  to  Plymouth  to  account  for  some  of  his  actions.  He  seems  to  have 
explained  them  satisfactorily,  but  before  leaving  he  either  caught  cold  or 
imbibed  too  much  "fire-water"  and  died  of  a  violent  fever  on  the  way 
home.  Philip  suspected  the  English  of  having  poisoned  his  brother,  for  to 
the  savage  normal  death  must  come  by  the  tomahawk  or  firebrand,  abnormal 
death  from  poison  or  witchcraft.  Philip's  dark  plotting  presumably  began 
about  this  time.  Twice  he  was  summoned  before  the  federal  council,  but 
both  times  protested  his  innocence. 

It  was  not  until  June,  1675,  that  Philip,  issuing  from  his  lair  on  the  west 
side  of  Mount  Hope  Bay,  R.  I.,  laid  waste  the  towns  of  Swanzey  and  Dart- 
mouth and  the  war  really  began.  Middleboro  and  Taunton  were  destroyed 
soon  after.  In  July  the  Nipmucks  attacked  Mendon.  The  Mohegans 
remained  faithful  to  the  English.  On  the  night  of  August  2,  Philip,  whose 
home  had  become  too  hot  for  him,  took  part  in  a  fierce  assault  upon  Brook- 
field.  The  scene  then  shifted  to  the  Connecticut  Valley  and  simultaneous 
attacks  were  made  September  1  upon  Deerfield  and  Hadley.  Meanwhile 
the  more  powerful  Narragansetts,  under  their  chief  Canonchet,  evidently 


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remembering  that  the  latter's  father  Miantonomo  had  been  put  to  death 
by  order  of  the  English  in  1643,  had  taken  the  warpath.  On  the  morning 
of  Sunday,  December  19,  Gov.  Josiah  Winslow,  of  Plymouth,  and  his  men 
captured  the  Narragansett  fort  in  what  is  now  South  Kingston,  R.  I.,  and 
a  thousand  of  the  Indians  (full  half  their  number)  were  killed. 

Feb.  10,  1676,  Philip,  who  had  disappeared  since  the  Brookfield  fight  of 
the  previous  August,  led  a  furious  attack  upon  Lancaster.  Medfield  was 
attacked  the  same  month,  and  then  Worcester  and  Marlborough.  The 
burning  of  the  latter  on  Sunday  morning,  March  26,  left  Sudbury  unpro- 
tected on  the  west,  and  for  the  next  month  the  settlers  kept  a  sharp  lookout 
for  signs  of  the  savages.  At  daybreak  on  the  2l8t  of  April*  the  Indians 
came,  mostly  Nipmucks,  variously  estimated  from  500  to  1500.  During 
the  preceding  night  they  had  disposed  themselves  in  small  squads  so  as  to 
burn  the  houses  and  attack  all  of  the  six  garrisons  at  once.  Toward  one 
of  these,  the  Haynes  garrison,  "  twelve  resolute  young  men  from  Concord  " 
were  rapidly  approaching  to  give  their  assistance,  for  the  fighting  was  par- 
ticularly hot  here.  As  they  drew  near  they  were  decoyed  down  to  the  river 
meadows  until  eleven  of  their  number  found  themselves  surrounded,  and  as 
a  result  ten,  including  David  Comey,  were  killed.  The  scene  of  this  slaughter 
was  on  the  west  side  of  the  Sudbury  River  a  mile  or  more  east  of  the  present 
Sudbury  Centre.  The  Haynes  garrison  house  stood  for  two  hundred  years 
after,  and  it  was  not  until  within  twenty  years  that  it  was  demolished.  The 
main  fighting  of  that  day  was  the  west  side  of  Green  Hill,  a  little  northeast 
of  the  present  village  of  South  Sudbury,  and  it  was  here  that  the  monument 
to  Captain  Wadsworth  and  his  brave  followers  was  erected.  Five  of  those 
killed  at  the  Haynes  garrison  were  brought  in  boats  the  next  day  to  the 
foot  of  the  old  town  bridge  and  buried.  Was  David  Comey's  body  one  of 
them? 

The  Indians  were  still  active  and  many  another  town  felt  the  effects  of 
their  savage  fury,  but  Canonchet  was  captured  in  April  and  gradually  the 
Indians  were  killed,  until  in  August  Philip  himself  was  captured  at  Bristol 
Neck,  R.  I.  A  dozen  of  the  leading  sachems  were  hanged  or  shot,  and 
hundreds  sent  to  the  West  Indies  and  sold  into  slavery.  Among  the  latter 
was  Philip's  son,  a  lad  of  nine  years.  Of  the  ninety  towns  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts and  Plymouth  colonies  twelve  had  been  utterly  destroyed,  while 
forty  others  had  been  the  scene  of  fire  and  slaughter.  Hundreds  of  brave 
men  had  perished  and  an  enormous  war  debt  incurred,  but  severe  as  this 
had  been  for  the  English,  for  the  Indians  it  meant  utter  annihilation,  and 
southern  and  central  New  England  ceased  to  be  troubled  by  the  red  men. 

*  There  has  been  an  endless  controversy  on  the  date  of  this  encounter,  whether  it  was 
April  18  or  21. 


MILITARY  SERVICE  OF  THE  COMEY-COMEES. 


David*  Comet,  the  progenitor  of  the  Comees  and  Comeys  in  America, 
was  killed  by  King  Philip's  Indians  at  Sudbury,  Mass.,  in  1676. 

THE  REVOLUTIONARY  WAR. 

David*  Comee,  of  Lexington  and  Gardner,  Mass.,  was  at  the  battles  of 
Lexington,  Bunker  Hill  and  Bennington  (see  p.  6). 

Jonathan*  Comee,  of  Hopkiuton,  Mass.,  marched  to  Lexington,  April  19, 
1775  (see  p.  7). 

John^  Comee,  of  Foxboro,  Mass.,  marched  to  Lexington,  April  19,  1775, 
and  saw  other  service  (see  p.  7). 

Oliver^  Comee,  of  Foxboro,  Mass.,  was  in  service  in  New  York  in  1778 
and  1779  (see  p.  8). 

Spencer^  Comee,  brother  of  the  two  preceding,  enlisted  in  September, 
1779,  and  was  killed  Feb.  3,  1780,  ae.  20  (see  p.  8). 

Ezra^  Comee,  of  Cambridge  (part  now  Brighton)  appears  in  the  list  of 
Revolutionary  soldiers  in  Drake's  History  of  Middlesex  County,  but  not  in 
Massachusetts  Archives  (see  p.  8). 

Joseph^  Comee,  of  Lexington,  according  to  Hudson's  History  of  Lexing- 
ton, was  in  Capt.  John  Parker's  Company  of  Minute-men,  April  19,  1775, 
and  was  wounded  in  the  arm  in  trying  to  get  out  of  the  meeting-house, 
where  he  had  been  to  replenish  his  powder-horn,  but  Charles  Carleton 
CofTui,  in  his  "  Daughters  of  the  Revolution,"  says  he  was  wounded'as  he 
was  standing  in  the  doorway  of  Robert  Munroe's  house.  His  name  does 
not  appear  in  the  Massachusetts  Archives.  This  was  doubtless  Joseph 
Comee  Jr.  (1753-1776).     (See  p.  5.) 

Note.— The  William  Comey  that  appears  in  the  Index  to  the  Massachusetts  Revolutionary 
Rolls  was  probably  the  William  Coney,  born  in  Stoughton,  March  4,  1745. 

CIVIL  WAR. 

Capt.  Christopher  C.^  Comee,  94th  N.  Y.  Vols.     (See  p.  17). 

Capt.  Henry  N.''  Comey,  2d  Mass.  Vols.     (See  p.  32). 

Aaron  L?  Comey,  6th  Minn.  Vols.     (See  p.  22). 

Albert  B?  Comey,  5th  Mass.  Vols.     (See  p.  30). 

Alphonso'    Comey,  25th  Mass.  Vols.,  was  killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  Va., 

June  3,  1864.     (See  p.  18). 
Anson  S.^  Comee,  34th  Mass.  Infantry  and  16th  Light  Artillery.     (See 

p.  27). 


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Charles  B?  Comey,  5th  N.  H.  Vols.     (See  p.  25). 
Edward  W."  Comee,  42d  Mass.  Vols.     (See  p.  36). 

George  HJ  Comei/,  1st  Neb.  Vols.,  and  15th  Mass.  Battery.    (See  p.  31). 

Henry  H?  Gomey,  5th  N.  H.  Vols.     (See  p.  26). 

James  K.  PJ  Gomey,  25th  Mass.  Vols.     (See  p.  30). 

Jotham  E?  Gomey,  11th  N.  H.  Vols.     (See  p.  14.) 

Lawsori'  Gom^,  42d  Mass.  Vols.,  was  killed  at  Brashear  City,  La.    June 

23,  1863.     (See  p.  18). 
Lewis  E.^  Gomey,  6th  Mass.  Vols.     (See  p.  23). 

Manliu^  Gomey,  Ist  Battalion  Heavy  Artillery  Mass.  Vols.,  was  starved 
to  death  in  prison.     (See  p.  33). 

Otis  W?  Gomey,  10th  N.  H.  Vols.     (See  p.  25). 

Warren  W.^  Gomey,  11th  Maine  Vols.     (See  p.  23.) 

Willard''  Gomey,  1st  Battalion  R.  I.  Cavalry.     (See  p.  24). 

William  MJ'  Gomey,  Battery  B,  4th  U.  S.  Artillery.     (See  p.  31). 

NOTES. 

Mrs.  Sally  (Comee)  Heywood  (see  p.  10)  d.  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  Dec. 
29,  1881,  86.  74. 

Nancy  Comee  of  Hardwick,  Mass.,  m.  Aug.  17,  1796,  Joel  Woodward 
(of  Petersham)  who  was  b.  March  28,  1774.  She  may  have  been  a  dau. 
of  Ezra*  Comee,  of  Dana,  which  was  set  off  from  Hardwick,  Petersham 
and  Greenwich  in  1801. 

Job  Comee  was  Junior  Grand  "Warden  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Masons 
in  Massachusetts  in  1 783.    Who  was  he  ? 


COMEE-COMEY  INDEX. 


Aaron  (1757),  6 

Aaron  (178»-1846),  13 

Aaron  Lowell  (1816-1880),  22 

Abbie  Isabella  (1863-1878),  m.  Colburn,  18 

Abigail  (1707),  m.  Pierce,  4 

Abigail  (1727-1806),  b.  Sumner,  6 

Abigail  (1762-1790),  5 

Abigail  (1816-1896),  m.  Harwood,  10 

Abigail  Jackson  (1807-1893),  b.  Pierce,  19 

Achsah  (1864),  m.  Proctor,  31 

Adelaide  Lavera  (1855),  m.  Ward,  17 

Adnah  Prescott  (1878),  36 

Agnes  Amanda,  m.  Hoyt,  33 

Albert  (1808-1886),  18 

Albert  (1828),  24. 

Albert  {1884),  36 

Albert  Barton  (1832),  30 

Albert  Carlton  (1871),  30 

Albertis  Benj,  17 

Alfred  L.  (1877),  30 

Alice,  b.  Rooney,  17 

Alice  (1880),  23 

Alice,  b.  Ferry,  29 

Alice  Louise  (1872),  36 

Alice  M.,  b.  Stowell,  24 

Alice  O.,  b.  Howland,  2S 

Alphonso  (1833-1864),  18 

Almira,  22 

A.  Louise  (1878),  20 

Amanda  Ann  (1832-1856),  19 

Amanda  Frances,  m.  Haynes,  13 

Angeline  S.,  b.  Capen,  37 

Ann  Kliza  (1836),  m.  Temple,  18 

Ann  Eliza  (1841),  b.  Lawrence,  20 

Ann  Maria  (1826),  m.  Maybe w,  12 

Anna  (1757-1838),  b.  Porter,  8 

Anna  Eliza,  b.  Francis,  17 

Anna  Eliza,  m.  Bruzo,  23 

Anna  Florence  (1876),  25 

Anna  Maria  (1858),  b.  Barrett,  27 

Annie  (1856),  b.  Cruther,  27 

Annie  C,  b.  Leland,  32 

Annie  M.,  m.  Bate,  21 

Anson  S.  (1842-1892),  27 

Aratus,  32 

Arbelia,  b.  Whipple,  27 

Arthur  Coleman  (1886),  35 

Arthur  Edward  (1883),  36 

Arthur  Herbert,  23 

Arthur  M.,  of  Grand  Rapids,  24 

Arthur  Messenger,  34 

Arthur  Metcalf,  28 

Augusta,  b.  Wood,  33 

Benjamin  (1733-1774),  5 
Benjamin  (1766-1842),  9 
Benjamin  (1767-1858),  9 
Benjamin  (1800-1880),  10 
Bernard  Ernest  (1872),  30 
Bernard  Everett  (1893),  20 


Bernice  Eliza  (18?2),  30 
Bertrand,  32 
Bessie  Frances,  22 
Betsey,  m.  Mellen,  7 
Betsey,  b.  Carpenter,  8 
Betsey  (1784-1869),  8 
Betsey,  m.  Lovewell,  9 
Betsey,  b.  Howard,  11 
Betty  (1760),  6 

Caroline  A.,  m.  Parsons,  10 

Caroline  E.,  b.  Derby,  26 

Carrie,  b.  Pierce,  23 

Catherine  H.,  24 

Celia,  b.  Leonard,  13 

Celinda,  b.  Barton,  18 

Celinda  (1842-1868),  m.  Comey,  18,  31 

Charles  (1807),  14 

Charles  (1821),  27 

Charles  (1874),  26 

Charles  Berry  (18391,  25 

Charles  Bingham  (1876),  29 

Charles  Delos  (1845),  18 

Charles  Henry  (1840-1878),  29 

Charles  Henry  (1875),  26 

Charles  Henry  (1880),  23 

Charles  Lyman  ( 1852) ,  24 

Charles  Melvin  (1846),  35 

Charles  Rich  (1856),  35 

Charlotte  (1775-1809),  m.  Smith,  6 

Charlotte  (1791-1861),  b.  tskinnerj  13 

Charlotte  Bates,  m.  Alden,  13 

Charlotte  Ellen,  m.  Hanscom,  29 

Charlotte  Emeline,  m.  Ward,  10 

Charlotte  M.,  b.  Pollard,  28 

Chester  Francis  (1881),  35 

Chester  Holbrook  (1832-1881),  21 

Chloe  Sabrina,  m.  Sawyer,  13 

Christiana  (1755-1789),  b.  Maltman,0 

Christiana  (1781),  m.  Bacon,  7 

Christiana  (1805-1842),  m.  Lyndc,  10 

Christopher  C.  (1827),  17 

Clara  A.,  b.  Dean,  21 

Clara  E  ,  b.  Galloupe,  30 

Clara  E  ,  m.  Keyser,  26 

Clara  May  (1884),  35 

Clara  Porter,  m.  Carkln,  23 

Clarence  (1886),  36 

Clarissa  (17&3-1865),  8 

Clifton  Jones  (1886),  34 

Cora  B.,  26 

Cora  J.,  m.  Campbell,  26 

Daniel  Webster,  10 
David  (d.  1676),  3 
David  (1696-1800?),  4 
David  (1744-1826),  6 
David  (1775-1848),  9 
Dennis  F.,  28 
Dexter  (1814-1892),  19 


46 


Earle  Francis  (1888),  23 

Edgar  Frank,  27 

Edgar  Randolph,  27 

Edith  Mend,  36 

Edith  Rhoda,  32 

Edward  Oliver,  25 

Edward  Wilson,  36 

Edwin  Ruthven,  23 

Effle  Mariou,34 

Elbridge  Carpenter,  20 

Elbridge  Gerry,  18 

Eliza  (1791-1859) ,  m.  Fales,  8 

Eliza  (1781-1743),  m.  Flagg,  9, 15 

Eliza  Ann,  b.  Dye,  10 

Eliza  M.,  m.  Spring,  29 

Elizabeth  (d.  1671),  4 

Elizabeth  (d.  1701),  m.  Kendall,  4 

Elizabeth  (1701),  4 

Elizabeth,  b.  Wells,  7 

Elizabeth  {•1768-1861),  b.  Belcher,  8 

Elizabeth,)).  Kittredgc,  11 

Elizabeth  C.  (1890),  36 

Elizabeth  E.,  b.  Gerrish,  35 

Elizabeth  H.,  b.  Lockman,  28 

Ella  A.,  b.  Whipple,  18 

Ella  M.,  b.  Briggs,  26 

Ellen  C,  23 

Ellen  F.,  b.  Blake,  25 

Ellen  M.,  b  Hearne,  28 

Ellen  M.  (1877),  26 

Elmer  H.  (1888),  36 

Elvira  C,  m.  Spaulding,  13 

Emily,  b.  Gibbs,  18 

Emily  A.  (1809-1844),  b.  Nichols,  16 

Emily  E.,  m.  Aldrich,  18 

Emma,  b.  Scott,  18 

Emma  Eliza,  m.  AntoneUa,  19 

Emma  Frances,  m.  Ellison,  21 

Emma  Frances,  23 

Emma  J.,  b.  Coombs,  32 

Emma  Jane  (1848-1866)  m.  Randall,  17 

Emma  Jane,  b.  Dutton,  36 

Emma  Richmond,  m.  Smith,  20 

Erastus  F.,  23 

Esther,  3,  4 

Esther  (1676),  4 

Esther  (1774-1863),  b.  Baker,  9 

Esther  (1794-1831),  8 

Esther  (d.  182:}),  b.  Boyden,  13 

Esther  E.  (1833-1857),  b.  Rockwood,  26 

Ethel  (188i),  27 

Eugene  T , 27 

Eunice  (1766),  5 

Eunice  (1792-1858),  8 

Eva  May  (1885),  26 

Ezekiel,  6 

Ezra  (1751-1832),  8 

Ezra  (1823),  27 

Ezra  C.  (1860),  20 

Fanny  L.  (1844-1886),  b.  Steadman,  28 

Fanny  R.  (1819-1838),  b.  Vining,  11 

Florence  Lillian  (1886),  35 

Florence  Lydia  (1882),  36 

Florence  Viletta,  17 

Francis  Wilson,  26 

Frank  Allen  (1856-1890),  28 

Frank  E.  (1861-1882),  16 

Frank  Eugene  (1848),  IS 

Frank  Herbert  (1858),  27 

Frank  Irving  (1868),  24 

Frank  Lewis  (1857-1880?),  25 

Frank  Roy  (1880),  32 

Franklin  (1827),  27 

Frederick  Harlan,  35 

Frederick  Morton,  28 

Frederic  Robbins,  29 

Frederick  Towne,  28 

George  Anson  (1817),  23 
George  Brayinton  (185w),  36 
George  Frank  (1851-1895),  27 
George  Lawrence  ( 1888) ,  35 
George  Otis  (1848),  24 


George  Preston  (1826),  21 
George  Preston  (1858),  35 
George  Royal  (1834-1870),  31 
George  Washington  (1809-1878),  11 
George  Washington  (1838),  11 
Gertrude  Juliette  (1881),  34 
Grace  Evelyn  (1890) ,  36 

Hannah  (d.  1770),  4 

Hannah  (d.  1815),  5 

Hannah  (1743-1767),  b.  Watts,  6 

Hannah,  b.  Richardson,  6 

Hannah  (1764-1852).  b.  Maltman,  6,  38 

Hannah  (d.  1794),  6 

Hannah  (1767-1829),  b.  Watts,  9 

Hannah,  m.  Prentiss,  7 

Hannah  (1801-1890),  b.  Robinson,  12 

Hannah,  b.  Walker,  18 

Hannah  (1821),  m.  Rounds,  13 

Hannah  C.  (1847-1887),  b.  Drlggs,  36 

Hannah  Maria  (1838-1862),  18 

Hannah  More  (1790-1810),  7 

Hannah  Robinson  (1830),  12 

Hannah  W^atts  (1834),  m.  Stratton,  9 

Harold  Dean,  36 

Harriet,  b.  Knight,  9 

Harriet  (d.  1864),  b.  Anderson,  22 

Harriet  B.  (1868),  m.  Judson,  22 

Harriet  E.  (1838),  m.  Pierce,  23 

Harriet  L.  (d.  1842),  b.  Skinner,  23 

Harvey  Dyer,  31 

Hattie,  b.  Grover,  22 

Helen  (1854-1890),  11 

Helen  (1896),  37 

Henrietta  Louisa  (1888),  34 

Henrietta  Thompson,  m.  Van  Amringe,  20 

Henry  Cheever,  26 

Henry  Harrison,  26 

Henry  Newton,  Capt.,  32 

Henry  Thatcher  (1827-1887),  20 

Herbert  Augustus,  26 

Herbert  Derby,  26 

Hermann  Allen,  20 

Hiram,  18 

Ida,  b.  Pine,  23 

Irene  Mozelle,  17 

Irene  W.,  b.  Tenney,  26 

Irving  W.,  32 

Isabella  Harris  (1832-1854),  9 

Isabella  H.,  b.  McKay,  26 

James  (1836-1883),  28 

James  Albert  (1862),  23 

James  Allen  (1831),  20 

James  D.  D.,  .36 

James  Harwood,  28 

James  Jason  (1857-1876),  14 

James  K.  P.  (1845-1884),  .30 

James  Maltman  (1777-18:52),  9 

James  Maltman  (1809-1893),  16 

James  Monroe  (1829),  12 

James  Munroe  (1830-1862?),  10 

James  Thomas  (1839),  2» 

James  Thompson  (1861),  20 

Jason  (18UO-1853),  14 

Jason  (1831),  25 

Jennie  Louise  (1879),  32 

Jennie  W.,  17 

Jerusha  (1755),  5 

Jerusha  (1817),  m.  Hodges,  13 

Job,  43 

John  (1665-1729),  4 

John  (1689),  4 

John  (1725-1815),  5 

John  (175:i-18fO  ,7 

John  (1798-1886),  12  .-»- 

John  (1804-1885),  9 

John  Franklin,  21 

John  Hale,  26 

John  Winlhrop,  22 

Jonathan  (1746),  7 

Joseph,  (1728),  5 

Joseph  (1753-1770),  5 


it 


Joseph  (180»-1856),  U 
Joseph  (1835),  25 
Joseph  Frederick,  17 
Joseph  U.  (1860),  25 
Josephine,  b.  Mead,  35 
Josephine  L.,  b.  Messenger,  21 
Jotham  Kdwin  (1847-1864),  14 
Julia  A.,  b.  Aldrich,  25 
Julia  Maria,  m.  Wetherbee,  U 
Julia  M.,  m.  Jessman,  25 
Junia  Ann,  m.  Forrest,  13 

Kate,  b.  Coleman,  35 
Kate  £.,  b.  RoweU,  20 
Keziah,  b.  Leonard,  13 

Laura,  b.  Munsey,  20 
Laura  E.,  b.  Felt,  20 
Laura  Judson,  21 
Lawrence  Allen,  20 
Lawson  (1837-1863),  ^8 
Lawson  Herschel,  30 
Leander  Porter,  16 
Lewis  Alvin,  26 
Lewis  Edgar  (1847),  23 
Lewis  Edgar  (1882),  23 
Lillian  A.,  b.  Stewart,  27 
Lillian  May,  27 
Lottie  C,  b.  Neigher,  36 
Louisa,  m.  Lovewell,  9 
Louisa,  m.  Kingsbury,  12 
Lovina,  b.  Mead,  10 
Lucinda,  b.  Kockwood,  27 
Lucinda  F.,  b.  Wood,  22 
Lucretia,  b.  Aldrich,  25 
Luella  Augusta,  22 
Lydia  (1801-1885),  b.  Towne,  15 
Lydia.b.Walden,  23 
Lydia  F.,  b.  Morse,  23 
Lyman  (1793-1878),  13 
Lyman  F.  (1814-1867),  23 

Habel  Louise,  35 

Manlius  (1843-1864),  33 

Margaret,  b.  West,  17 

Margaret  (1894),  37 

Margaret  Fuller,  36 

Maria  (1802-1881),  m.  Jaqulth,  10 

Maria  (1817),  b.  Winship,  16 

Maria  (1824-1849),  13 

Maria  (182'^),  b.  Sibley,  27 

Maria  (1825-1893),  15 

Maria  Louise  (1881),  30 

Maria  Eosette  (1844),  11 

Marietta,  m.  Stearns,  18 

Marion  A.,  b.  Garcelon,  27 

Marion  E.  (1888),  36 

Marion  L.,  b.  Jones,  34 

Mariou  L.,  m.  Colburn,  27 

Maroa,  b.  Griswold,  17 

Martha,  b.  Munroe,  4 

Martha  (d.  1749),  m.  Smittf,  4 

Martha  (1737),  m.  Williams,  4 

Martha  (1805-1880).  m.  Fenno,  7 

Martha  (1811).  b.  Berry,  14 

Martha  Ann  (1817-1845),  12 

Martha  Ann  (1828),  10 

Martha  Ann  (1850-1871),  18 

Martha  Jane  f  1854-1893),  m.  Boyd,  23 

Martha  Josephine  (1849),  m.  Barney,  14 

Martha  Josephine  (1862),  m.  I^eslie,  17 

Martha  Leonard  (1820-1857),  13 

Martha  Stone  (18.)4),  m.  Sawin,  H 

Mary  (1663-1712),  m.  Kibby,  4 

Mary  (173:j),  b.  Merriam,  5 

Mary  (1755),  6 

Mary  (1784-1818),  m.  Fletcher,  7 

Mary  (1801-1867),  b.  Thompson,  12 

Mary  (1811),  m.  Wood,  10 

Mary  (1822-1870),  m.  Bowers,  13 

Mary  (1823-1844),  12 

Mary  (d.  1894),  b.  Brigham,  19 

Mary,  b.  Jackson,  35 

M&ry  Abby,  m.  Gibson,  19 


Mary  Adelaide,  b.  Morton,  28 

Mary  Albreanna,  m.  Belcher,  19 

Mary  Angeline,  m.  Hearn,  10 

Mary  Ann  (d.  1824?),  6 

Mary  Ann  (1823-1891),  b.  Neal,  19 

Mary  Ann,  b.  Brayinton,  24 

Mary  Augusta  (1870),  33 

Mary  Ella,  m.  Lee,  23 

Mary  Emma  (1866),  24 

Mary  Esther  (1823),  m.  Comey,  14,  19 

Mary  Etta,  b.  Towne,  27 

Mary  F.,  b.  Conant,  16 

Mary  J.,  b.  Caldwell,  36 

Mary  R.,  m.  Luther,  20 

Maud  Frances,  30 

Mercy  (1751),  5 

Mildred,  26 

Millie  Elizabeth,  36 

Minnie  M.,  26 

Mira  (1802-1878),  m.  Copeland,  8 

Miranda  J.,  b.  Temple,  30 

Miriam  (1799-1863),  b.  Stone,  11 

Miriam  P.  (1886),  34 

Morris  L.,  36 

Myra  A.,  m.  Robinson,  17 

Myrtle  I.,  26 

Nabby  (1797-1884),  m.  Keith,  8 
Nancy,  m.  Woodward,  43 
Nancy  (^1787-1811),  9 
Nancy,  b.  Howe,  9 
Nancy  (1794-1832),  b.  Fisher,  13 
Nancy,  m.  Tuttle,  15 
Nancy  Maria,  m.  Maybry,  13 
Nancy  Maria,  m.  Blodgett,  23 
Nannie  J.,  b.  GUI,  35 
Nellipee,  7 
Nora,  36 

Oliver  (1757-1842),  8 

Oliver  (1787-1875),  12 

Oliver  Edson,  22 

Oman,  14 

Ophelia  H.,  32 

Otis  (1791),  9 

Otis  (1805),  8 

Otis  W.  (1837-1864),  25 

Pamelia,  7 

Perley  Pierce,  Dr.,  34 
Philip  Rich,  35 
Polly,  m.  Fairbanks,  7 
Polly,  b.  Leonard,  12 
Polly,  b.  Andrews,  11 

Ralph  H.,  35 
Rebecca  O.,  25 
Robert  Harold,  34 
Robert  Henry,  34 
Rosette,  11 
Roy  Eliot,  27 
Royal,  11 

Ruhama(1701-17.'«)),* 
Ruhama  (1742-1819),  4 
Ruhama  (1762),  6 
Rnhama  (1798-1884),  7 
Ruth,  b.  Trow,  9 
Ruth  (1790),  9 

Sally  (1779-1863),  b.  Putnam,  19 

Sally  (1807-1881),  m.  Hey  wood,  10 

SamanthaG.,27 

Samuel  S.,  17 

Sanford  E.,  19 

Sarah  <1668),  4 

Sarah,  4 

Sarah  (1735),  4 

Sarah  (1766),  6 

Sarah  (1793-1877),  m.  Breck,  7 

Sarah  Ann  (1843),  23 

Sarah  Bertha  (1866),  17 

Sarah  Dyer,  b.  Rich,  21 

Sarah  Louise,  b.  Beckwith,  16 

Sarah  Mead  (1832),  10 


Sarah  W.,  b.  Sawln,  17 

Sophronia  P.,  15 

Spencer  (1760-1780),  8 

Spencer  (1786-1859),  12 

Spencer  Augusta,  19 

Squire  S.,  11 

Susan  (1791-1876),  m.  Flagg,  9, 16 

Susan  Adella  (181^1877),  14 

Susan  Augusta  (1866),  28 

Susan  Elizabeth  (1841-1868),  16 

Susan  Maria  (1875),  36 

Susan  Samantha,  b.  Carpenter,  20 

Susie  M.,  m.  Graves,  30 

Sylvanla  R.,  30 

Sylvester  G.,  14 

Thatcher,  12 
Theresa  P.,  34 
Thomas  W.,  16 
Tryphenia,  14 

Ursula,  18 

Velzora,  26 
Vesta  Ly  28 
Yodisa  J.,  12 


48 


Walter  Herbert  (1874),  36 
Walter  Huntley  (1877),  16 
Walter  Lawson  (1866),  31 
Walter  Richmond  (1866-1894),  20 
Warren  Gardner,  19 
Warren  Otis,  25 
Warren  Westley,  23 
Webster  Huntley,  16 
Willard  (1796-1869),  13 
Willard  (1830),  24 
Willard  (1863),  36 
Willard  H.,  25 
William  A.  (1876),  20 
William  Alnarado  (1850-1890),  30 
William  Benjamin  (1846),  16 
William  Clyde,  17 
William  Henry  (1857),  19 
William  Macher  (1840),  31 
William  Porter  (1837),  29 
William  Skinner  (1821-1891),  22 
William  Wallace  (1846),  35 
William  Williams  (1813-1883),  16 
Wilson  (1819-1860),  27 
Wilson  Steadman,  28 


INDEX  TO  NAMES  OTHER  THAN  COMEE-COMEY, 
AND  TO  PLACES. 


Akron,  O.,  24 
Alden,  Albert,  13 
Aldrlch,  Julia  A.,  25 

Lucretia,  25 

Seth,  18 
Anderson,  Harriet,  22 
Andrews,  Polly,  11 
Antonella,  Leonard  V.,  19 
Arctic  Ocean,  25 
Ashland,  Mass.,  30 

Babbitt,  Hannah  N.,  15 
Bacon,  Eliel,  7 
Baker,  Esther,  9 
Barlow,  Mrs.  Kachel,  19 
Barney,  Warren  K.,  14 
Barre,  Mass.,  27 
Barrett,  Anna  M.,  27 
Barton,  Celinda,  18 
Bate,  John  J.,  21 
Beckwith,  Sarah  Louise,  16 
Beganson,  Mrs.  Alice  L.,  19 
Belcher,  Elizabeth  8 
Gilbert,  19 
Jos^'ph  W.,  23 
Bent,  Allen  H.,  7 
Berry,  Martha,  14 
Blake,  Ellen  F.,  25 
Blodgett,  Wilford  G.,  23 
Boston,  Mass.,  6,  9, 15,  10, 20, 

26-29 
Bower,  James  H.,  10 
Bowers,  William,  13 
Boyd,  Thomas,  23 
Boyden,  Esther,  13 
Brannon,  Nora,  36 
Brayinton,  Mary  A.,  24 
Breck,  Elijah,  7 
Briges,  Ella  M.,  26 
Brignam,  Mary,  19 
Brighton,  Mass.,  6,  8,  27,  28 
Brooklyn,N.  Y.,21,  36 
Brown.  Ruhama,  4 
Brown  University,  22 
Bruso,  Joseph,  23 
Marie,  23 

Caldwell,  Mary  J.,  36 
Cambridge  (Mass.),  16,21,23, 

35 
Camden,  N.  J.,  34 
Campbell,  James  E.,  26 
Capen,  Angeline  S.,  37 
Carkin,  George  W.,  23 
Carpenter,  Betsey,  8 

Susan  S.,  20 
Carsley,  Elizabeth  E.,  35 
Chamberlain,  Nathaniel,  7 
Chelsea,  Mass.,  5,  9 
Cleveland,  O.,  24, 35 


Clinton,  Mass.,  34 
Colburn,  John,  18 

Nathan  P.,  27 
ColemanJKate,  35 
Comey's  Wharf,  9 
Comey  &  Johnson,  24 
Conant,  MaryF.,  16 
Concord,  Mass.,  3,  4 
Coombs,  Emma  J.,  32 
Copeland,  Martin,  8 
Corey,  Isaac,  4 
Crutner,  Annie,  27 

Damon,  David,  7 
Dana,  Mass.,  8,  15,  27 
Daniels,  Tryphenia,  14 
Davis,  Mrs.  Mary  F.,  16 
Dean,  Clara  A.,  21 
Derby,  Caroline  E.,  26 
Driggs,  Hannah  C,  35 
Dunn,  Mary,  16 
Dutton,  Emma  J.,  36 
Dye,  Eliza  Ann,  10 
Dyer,  Lizzie,  31 

EllisburgjN.  T.,  11, 17 
Ellison,  Rev.  Daniel  J.,  21 
Emory,  Orrin  H.,  10 

21,  Fairbanks,  Jonathan,  7 
Tales,  Abijah,  8 
Fall  River,  Mass.,  19 
Felt,  Laura  E.,  20 
Fenno,  Ebenezer,  7 
Ferry,  Alice,  29 
Fisher,  Nancy,  13 


Griswold,  Maroa,  17 
Grover,  Hattie,  22 

Hanscom,  Albert  E.,  25 
Harris,  James  B.,  22 
Harvard  University,  29,  34, 35 
Harwood,  Jonas,  10 
Hayden,  Almira,  22 
Haynes,  George  W.,  13 
Hearn,  Ellen  M.,  28 

Joseph,  19 
Henderson,  N.  Y.,  7, 10, 11 
Hey  wood,  B.  F.,  10 
Hittner,  J.  H.,  17 
Hodges,  Alfred,  13 
HoUiston,  Mass.,  19,  34 
Hopkinton,  Mass.,  7,  11,  18,  19, 

30-34 
Howard,  Betsey,  11 
Howe,  Nancy,  9 
Howland,  Alice  O.,  25 
Hoyt,  Joseph  F.,  33 

Jackson,  Mary,  .35 
Jaquith,  Abby  M.,  7 

Abram,  7 

Isaac,  10 
Jessman,  Adelbert,  25 
Johnson,  Rebecca  O.,  25 
Jones,  Marion  L.,  34 
Judson,  Charles  G.,  22 

Keith,  Amos,  8 
Kendall,  John,  4 
Keyser,  John  H.,  25 
Kibby,  Joshua,  4 


Fitchburg,  Mass.,  7, 11, 16,28,29,King  Philip's  War,  3,  40 
35  Kingsbury,  Addison,  12 

Flagg,  Barney,  15  Kittridge,  Elizabeth,  11 

Rev.  Joshua,  16  Knight,  Harriet,  9 

Fletcher,  William,  7 

Forge  Village,  Mass.,  22  Lawrence,  Ann  Eliza,  20 

Forrest,  Addison  P.,  13  Lee,  Edwin  B.,  23 

Foxboro,  Mass.,  6,  7, 8, 12-14, 19-Leland,  Annie  C,  .32 

23,  25,  26,  34      Leonard,  Celia,  14 
Framingham,  Mass.,  27,  30 


34, 


Francis,  Anna  E.,  17 
Franconla,  N.  H.,  25 

Galloupe,  Clara  E.,  30 
Garcelon,  Maripn  A.,  27 


Keziah,  12 

Polly,  12 
Leslie,  Charles  E.,  17 
Lewis,  W.  K.  &  Bros.,  20 
Lexington,  Mass.,  4-6 
Lincoln,  Rev.  Sumner,  10 


Gardner,  Mass.,  6, 7, 9, 11, 16, 17,Lockman,  Elizabeth  H.,  28 


29 

Gates, ,  10 

Gay,  Joseph,  23 
Gerrish,  Elizabeth  £.,  35 
Gibbs,  Emily,  18 
Gibson,  George  8.,  19 
Gill,  Nannie  J.,  .35 
Graves,  Elmer  £.,  30 


Lovewell,  Jesse,  9 

Leonard,  9 
Luther,  Mary  R.,  20 
Lynde,  William  8.,  10 
Lynn,  Mass.,  32 

McKay,  Isabella  H.,  26 
Maiden,  Mass.,  5, 9 


50 


Maltman  Family,  6,  38 
Mansfield,  Mass.,  85 
Marden,  Mrs.  Martiia,  14 
Masonic  Lodges,  Members  of,  10, 
28,34 
Maybry,  Samuel  D.,  13 
Mayhew,  Daniel  M.,  12 
Mead,  Josepliine,  35 

Lovlna,  10 
Alellen,  Joshua,  7 
Mellor,  Susannali,  23 
Tlieresa  P.,  34 
Merriam,  Mary,  5 
Messinger,  Josepliine  L.,  21 
Milford,  Mass.,  11, 13, 18,  30,  31 
Miller,  Elias  C,  13 
Milton,  Mass.,  5,  7,  13 
Morse,  Lydia  F.,  23 

Susan  A.,  14 
Morton,  Mary  A.,  28 
Munroe,  Martha,  4 
William,  4 
Munsey,  Laura,  20 
Murray,  Grace,  23 
Myers,  Charles  H.,  24 

Neal,  Mary  Ann,  19 
Neigher,  Lottie. C,  36 
New  Bedford,  Mass.,  36 
New  Hampshire  Comeys,  14, 25 
New  York  City,  21,  28,  29,  32 
Newton,  Mass.,  8,  32 
Nichols,  Emily  A.,  16 
Norwood,  Mass.,  19 

Parkhnrst,  Isaac, /4'.  •_ 
■  JPkrry,  SamuCT,  4  KT>  '^. 
'  Parsons,  John,  10 

Partridge,  Charles,  15 

Pawtucket,  K.  I.,  18 

Perkins,  Robert  R.,  16 

Philip's  War,  3,  40 

Pierce,  Abigail  J.,  19 
Carrie,  23 
CUeoius  M.,  23 
Jonas,  4 

Pine,  Ida,  23 

Pollard,  Charlotte  M.,  28 

Pomeroy,  Vesta  L.,  28 

Porter,  Anna,  8 

Prentiss,  Abner,  7 

Prescott,  William  A.,  16 

Proctor,  Frank  Q.,  31 

Putnam,  Sally,  10 


Quimby,  Sylvania  R.,  .30 
Quincy,  Mass.,  19,  21,  34 

Tlandell,  William,  17 
Reading,  Kan.,  9 
Reed,  Mary  Ann,  9 
Rich,  Sarah  D.,  21 
Richardson,  Hannah,  6 

Samantha  G.,  27 
Robbing,  Mrs.  Mary  A.,  9 
Robinson,  Hannah,  12 

Rev.  Orrin  L.,  17 
Rockwood,  Esther  E.,  26 

Lucinda,  27 
Rogers,  John  W.,  22 
Rooney,  Alice,  17 
Roscoe,  Byron  T.,  22 
Rounds,  Alonzo  C.,  13 
Rowell,  Kate  E.,  20 

Sandwich,  Mass.,  23,  24 
Sargent,  Thomas,  6 
Sawin,  Otis  D.,  11 

Sarah  W.,  17 
Sawyer,  Henry  J.,  13 
Scott,  Emma,  18 

Ophelia  H.,  32 
Seger,  Eliza  A.,  10 
Seymour,  Wis.,  10, 17 
Sharon,  Mass.,  6,  20 
Shumaker,  James  H.,  28 
Sibley,  Maria,  27 
Skinner,  Charlotte,  13 

Harriet  L.,  23 
S|»alley  &  Comey,  24 
Smith,  Abbott  S.,  20 

Benjamin,  4 

College,  34 

Ebenezer,  6 

Lillian,  19 
Somerville,  Mass.,  20,  27 


Spaulding,  Benjamin  H., 
Spinney,  Louise,  23 
Spooner,  Asa,  15 
Spring,  William  T,,  29 
Stanyan,  Newell,  15 
Steadman,  Fanny  L.,  28 
Stearns,  Henry  L.,  18 
Stewart,  Lillian  A.,  27 
Stoddard,  Mrs.  Harriet,  9 
Stokes,  Nicholas,  10 
Stone,  Miriam,  11 
StoweU,  Alice  M.,  24 
Stratton,  Joel  A.,  9 


13 


Sndbury,  Mass.,  3,  40 
Sumner,  Abigail,  5 

Taft,  Ursula,  18 
Temple,  George  W.,  18 

Miranda  J.,  30 

Welcome,  18 
Tenney,  Irene  W.,  26 
Thomp.son,  Mary,  12 
Thornton,  Jennie,  10 
Tibbetts,  Uriel,  U 
Towne,  Lydia,  15 

Mary  E.,  27 
Trow,  Ruth,  9 
Tufts  College,  34 
Turner,  VeTzora,  25 
Tuttle,  William  S.,  15 

Upton,  Mass.,  24 

Van  Amringe,  William  B.,  20 
Vining,  Fanny  R.,  11 

Walden,  Lydia,  23 
Wales,  William  B.,  12 
Walker,  Hannah,  18 
Ward,  John,  17 

Samuel  Deles,  10 
Waseka,  Minn.,  11,  17 
Watts,  Hannah  (1743-1767),  5 
Hannah  (1767-1829),  9 
Wells,  Elizabeth,  7 
West,  Margaret,  17 
Westboro,  Mass.,  19, 24 
Westford,  Mass.,  22 
Westminster,  Mass.,  4,  6,  7, 16 
Wetherbee,  Albert,  14 
Wheelock,  John,  7 
Whipple,  Arbelia,  27 
Ella  A.,  18 
Whiting,  William  S.,  22 
Wilcox,  Burgess  S.,  19 
Williams,  Erastus  F.,  23 

William,  4 
Wilmot,  N.  H.,  14 
Winship,  Maria,  16 
Woburn,  Mass.,  3,  6, 33 
Wood,  Augusta,  33 

, Lucinda  F.,  22 
Moses,  10 
Woods,  Benjamin  O.,  15 
Woonsocket,  R.  I.,  28 
Worcester,  Mass.,  11, 25, 28, 29, 34 
Wrentbam,  Mass.,  5, 13, 23,24,31 


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